The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Emerging practice wins approval for rammed earth Dartford flats
Up-and-coming practice Moll Architects has won approval for this 14-flat development in Dartford, Kent, which will be built with prefabricated rammed earth blocks
Tag: Rammed earth
Case study: 32° East Arts Centre, Uganda, by New Makers Bureau
The rammed-earth and earth-brick community arts space, designed in colloboration with Kampala-based Localworks, is the new home of 32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust. Photography by New Makers Bureau, Tim Latim, Will Boase
Islands at the Design Museum embraces sustainable exhibition design
MSOMA Architects has designed the exhibition with sustainability and circularity in mind, creating a display that will naturally biodegrade after use
DHaus wins approval for £2m rammed-earth house in Surrey countryside
DHaus has been given planning approval to build a 430m² low-carbon house in rural Surrey, using rammed-earth wall construction
Invisible Studio completes rammed-stone yoga studio in Somerset
Invisible Studio has completed its third building for the Newt Hotel, a yoga studio, top-lit by an 11m-long rooflight
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Philippe Madec on sustainable development
‘All architecture is political,’ says architect and urban designer Philippe Madec, a co-founder of France’s growing ‘frugal’ architecture movement
Saving the earth: making the case for rammed earth architecture
The use of rammed earth in UK and European architecture is on the rise. Scott Boote, associate at Webb Yates Engineers, makes the case for using this ancient method in contemporary construction
Škocjan rammed-earth house, Slovenia
An open international contest has been launched to design and build a 30m2 dwelling using sustainable rammed-earth techniques in Škocjan, south east Slovenia [Deadline: 30 March 2021]
AJ Climate Champions podcast – Anna Heringer: ‘You can build with clay in a very modern way’
The final episode in the AJ’s podcast series features an interview with German architect Anna Heringer
Jonathan Tuckey Design gets go-ahead for rammed earth house in Wiltshire
Wiltshire Council has approved plans by Jonathan Tuckey Design for a 650m² rammed earth house, thought to be one of just 15 built using this method in the past 20 years