When we recently featured Tuckey Design’s rammed earth house in rural Wiltshire, we found ourselves wanting to learn more ...

Rammed earth is the descendant of ancient construction techniques like adobe or cob building. It can be used to build walls for many kinds of buildings, from houses to museums and even cemeteries. The ...

What man in history has done most to change the face of the earth? Politicians might name Augustus Caesar or Adolf Hitler. Military men might name Napoleon Bonaparte, or perhaps General “Tooey” Spaatz ...

A building method as old as dirt is being re-examined as a 'new' and viable modern construction material. Compressed soil, also known as rammed earth, is a method of construction that dates back ...

Architect Davey McEathron’s first go at the building style incorporates ambitious curves, a mix of materials, and a ...

Cuttack: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned further excavation of earth or morrum by the private construction company engaged for raising the earth bed for the third line railway track from ...

Mangaluru: Palakkad Divisional Railway has commenced earth excavation work to push two precast concrete boxes beneath railway lines at Mahakalipadpu. This is part of the construction of twin ...

NASA Artemis missions are working toward a near future where humans are an interplanetary species—lunar bases are planned by 2030 and a round trip to Mars in 2039. These planet-hopping people will ...

Southern Railway’s Palakkad division has commenced earth excavation beneath the Mangaluru Junction-Shoranur Junction line to push concrete boxes for construction of twin railway-under-bridges (RuBs) ...

The author describes his experiences in the 1940’s using rammed earth construction techniques to build a rammed earth house, an oddball decision at the time, and how well the structure has served him ...