The Rammed Earth House

by David Easton

The Rammed Earth House is an eye-opening example of how the most dramatic innovations in home design and construction frequently have their origins in the distant past.

The Rammed Earth House

Author: David Easton

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

ISBN: 1603581596

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The Rammed Earth House is an eye-opening example of how the most dramatic innovations in home design and construction frequently have their origins in the distant past. By rediscovering the most ancient of all building materials —earth—forward-thinking homebuilders can now create structures that set new standards for beauty, durability, and efficient use of natural resources. Rammed earth construction is a step forward into a sustainable future, when homes will combine pleasing aesthetics and intense practicality with a powerful sense of place. Rammed earth homes are built entirely on-site, using basic elements—earth, water, and a little cement. The solid masonry walls permit design flexibility while providing year-round comfort and minimal use of energy. The builder and resident of a rammed earth house will experience the deep satisfaction of creating permanence in a world dominated by the disposable.

Popular Science

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Rammed earth has excellent thermal mass, but its insulating properties are not
sufficient for most areas, considering today's ... 3, May 1943, revised and
reprinted May 1951; "The Rammed Earth House," Anthony F. Merrill, Harper &
Brothers, ...

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Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.

Earth Architecture

by Ronald Rael

Provides a history of building with earth in the modern era, focusing on projects constructed in the last few decades that use rammed earth, mud brick, compressed earth, cob, and several other techniques made more relevant than ever by ...

Earth Architecture

Author: Ronald Rael

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

ISBN: 9781568987675

Page: 208

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Provides a history of building with earth in the modern era, focusing on projects constructed in the last few decades that use rammed earth, mud brick, compressed earth, cob, and several other techniques made more relevant than ever by ecological and economic imperatives. Features over 40 projects.

Dwell

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Rammed Earth After fits and starts, rammed earth is catching on in the U.S. From
the smartly designed modernist works of Tucson architect Rick Joy to the
prowling, pueblo- like custom homes of Soledad Canyon Earth Builders, rammed
earth ...

Dwell

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At Dwell, we're staging a minor revolution. We think that it's possible to live in a house or apartment by a bold modern architect, to own furniture and products that are exceptionally well designed, and still be a regular human being. We think that good design is an integral part of real life. And that real life has been conspicuous by its absence in most design and architecture magazines.

Ideas and Methods Exchange

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Marini ; Rammed Earth Technique in the United States , by L. W. Neubauer ;
Rammed Earth Technique in West Africa , by A. E. S. Alcock ; Training Course for
Building Rammed Earth Houses in Nyasaland , by P. Williams . Glossary .

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The Use of Polymer Stabilised Earth Foundations for Rammed Earth Construction

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Abstract: This paper presents a case study as part of a Professional Doctorate research project discussing an ecological approach to housing in South Africa, where polymer stabilised earth foundations have been used to support single story ...

The Use of Polymer Stabilised Earth Foundations for Rammed Earth Construction

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Abstract: This paper presents a case study as part of a Professional Doctorate research project discussing an ecological approach to housing in South Africa, where polymer stabilised earth foundations have been used to support single story rammed earth walls, in a house in South Africa. Rammed earth was chosen as a construction method for its low embodied energy and thermal mass characteristics. The subsurface strata upon which the house was built comprised of clayey, gravely, sandy soils that have resulted as a result of decomposition of granitic rocks. In order to ensure solid founding conditions the foundations were excavated to a depth of one and a half metres before the excavated material was stabilised and backfilled. The material was stabilised to 600 mm below top of floor level with 2% Portland cement and above that with a 5% polymer bitumen mixture reinforced with horizontal steel reinforcing rods. This foundation avoids the use of reinforced concrete and as a result a significantly smaller carbon footprint, while fulfilling the functional requirements of supporting the building and preventing rising damp. The polymer has, as it major component is bitumen emulsion, provided a waterproof layer. Rammed earth walls of 500 mm thickness were constructed on the foundation up to 4.2 meters in height and initial observations suggest that the foundations are satisfactory with no settlement or cracking detected.

Earth for Homes

by United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Division of International Affairs

Marini ; Rammed Earth Technique in the United States , by L. W. Neubauer ;
Rammed Earth Technique in West Africa , by A. E. S. Alcock ; Training Course for
Building Rammed Earth Houses in Nyasaland , by P. Williams . Glossary .

Earth for Homes

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Earth for Homes

by United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of International Affairs

Marini ; Rammed Earth Technique in the United States , by L. W. Neubauer ;
Rammed Earth Technique in West Africa , by A. E. S. Alcock ; Training Course for
Building Rammed Earth Houses in Nyasaland , by P. Williams . Glossary .

Earth for Homes

Author: United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of International Affairs

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Essential Rammed Earth Construction

by Tim Krahn

This book could well be the cornerstone of a modern boom in the popularity of rammed earth. — Stephen Dobson, Ramtec, Western Australia, builder of over 750 rammed earth structures Great for a client, architect, engineer, and builder. — ...

Essential Rammed Earth Construction

Author: Tim Krahn

Publisher: New Society Publishers

ISBN: 1550926519

Page: 160

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Everything you need to know to build with rammed earth in warm and cold climates. Rammed earth – sand, gravel, and clay or lime/cement binder packed into forms – is a low-energy, high-performance building method, yielding beautiful, sustainable results. It’s thermally stable and can be insulated, can actively modulate humidity, provides a healthy indoor environment, and allows site materials to be used for major structural and building envelope elements. Essential Rammed Earth Construction covers design, building science, tools, and step-by-step building methods for any climate, with a special emphasis on building in cold climates of the northern US, Canada, and northern Europe. Coverage includes:Overview of earthen building Appropriate use of rammed earth walls Stabilized versus raw rammed earth Design considerations, including structural, insulation, and building envelope details Special considerations for cold and freeze-thaw climates Construction drawings, with step-by-step building instructions Tools and labor covering industrial methods, low-tech techniques, formwork options, mix design, budgets, and schedules Codes, inspections, and permits. This guide is an essential resource for experienced builders, DIY home owners, designers, engineers, and architects interested in learning about rammed earth construction.

Rammed Earth

by Peter Walker

Building with earth in Scotland . Innovative design and sustainability . Scottish
Executive Central Research Unit , Edinburgh , UK . Maiti SK and Mandal JN (
1985 ) . Rammed earth house construction . Journal Geotechnical Engineering ,
111 ...

Rammed Earth

Author: Peter Walker

Publisher: Building Research Establishment

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This book presents state-of-the-art practical guidance on material selection, construction, structural design, architectural detailing, maintenance and repair of rammed earth.

Rammed Earth Walls

by H. H. DeLong

PATTY , R. L. , Poultry Houses for South Dakota , South Dakota State COFFIN ,
EDWARD W. , and HARRY B. College Extension Service , CircuHUMPHREY ,
Building Walls with Rammed Earth , 1924 . lar 362 ( revised ) , 1943 .
ELLINGTON ...

Rammed Earth Walls

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An Insulated Concrete jacketed Rammed earth House

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The external walls have a thickened weathering jacket with a layer of insulation between it and the rammed-earth core. This produces a wall with a stabilised steady-state U-value of 0.63 W/w2.k.

An Insulated Concrete jacketed Rammed earth House

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A 320 M2 four-bedroom family house in southern Victoria, Australia, generally conventional in most respects, has external and many internal walls of system-built rammed earth. The external walls have a thickened weathering jacket with a layer of insulation between it and the rammed-earth core. This produces a wall with a stabilised steady-state U-value of 0.63 W/w2.k. With the wall mass of 660 kg/m2 and the location of the insulation layer, there is a time delay for heat passing through the wall of 10.53 hours. This time delay, plus the ever-changing rate and daily cyclical reversal of heat flow, produce an effective U-value of 0.485 W/m.k.

The Earth House

by Jeanne DuPrau

The second thing I noticed was that rammed earth houses , the ones in the
photographs in the book , were unlike any pictures of modern houses I ' d seen
before . They were simple , and they were beautiful . A rammed earth house is
made ...

The Earth House

Author: Jeanne DuPrau

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Two women apply the practice of Zen to the building of a house in the California Sierras.

Annual report of the Director

by South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Economics Dept

Rammed Earth Walls in Poultry House Construction ( Cooperative With the
Poultry Husbandry Department ) In a cooperative project with the Poultry
Husbandry Department , a common farm sized poultry house with walls of pise or
rammed ...

Annual report of the Director

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Some numbers are the reports of the president of the college, which include the reports of the experiment station