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The Art of Earth Architecture

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Studio Rick Joy’s Tucson Mountain House was constructed from rammed earth an is a mix of modern minimalism and vernacular construction. This house is one of 250 buildings in The Art of Earth Architecture: Past, Present, Future , a new book by Jean Dethier and Princeton Architectural Press.

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Mud House in India Resembles Stepwells

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Sketch Design Studio designed and built this Mud House in Rajasthan to reference the multi-storeyed stepwells, which date back to the seventh century and are characterized by grids of crisscrossing diagonal staircases. The house combines rammed earth and stone walls with a thatch roof.

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Hempcrete House on the Isle of Man

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Over the past 10 years, Nigel Kermode on the Isle of Man has designed and built his art-deco-influenced house using hempcrete, made from the waste pith of the hemp plant stalk mixed with lime and water. ” Nigel’s house was built around a timber frame structure, with timbered internal walls. .

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Natural Architecture in India

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He met the legendary Laurie Baker while studying architecture. For awhile he worked on post-tsunami houses while in Auroville. “My The residence, with its double-storied mud vault, “brought only clients looking for building mud houses.” You can read the original article at www.thehindu.com. says Daniel in jest.

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Christopher Alexander Obituary

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He sought “to provide a complete working alternative to our present ideas about architecture, building and planning”. In a housing project in Mexico in 1975-76, families laid out their own houses on the site, and participated in their construction, developing details as the work proceeded.

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Welcome to the Jungle House

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Welcome to the Jungle House was designed by one of Australia’s champions of sustainable architecture, Clinton Cole. The three-story house is hidden behind the heritage-listed facade of an old warehouse. It’s often said that an architect’s house is their temple for experimenting – and this is his, and it’s wonderful!”.

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Plan to Combine Housing and Forests in Denmark

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A Copenhagen-based design studio has presented plans for a residential development that will be part of the upcoming Venice Architecture Biennial, whose theme is ‘How will we live together?’ The development hopes to demonstrate how sustainable housing can be combined with forests to increase biodiversity and circular resource thinking.

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