In response to some of the challenges of climate change, the building industry is turning to some throwback techniques to reduce site impact, but also create “thermal” structures that promote passive ...

When Marcus Miner and Tim Miller drive from their home in Las Cruces, N.M., to the land they own in the Galisteo Basin Preserve 14 miles south of Santa Fe, they travel past rugged ancient lava fields.

Engineers in Australia have developed a new building material with about one quarter of concrete’s carbon footprint, while reducing waste going to landfill. This innovative material, called ...

Architectural Digest editorial staff were not involved with the creation of this content. Materials tell stories about people, memories, and places. But when placed in the hands of an architect who ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. - An Australian architectural professor visited South Dakota State University in late April to advise on how to preserve a 90-year-old rammed earth experimental building on campus.

When we recently featured Tuckey Design’s rammed earth house in rural Wiltshire, we found ourselves wanting to learn more about one of the project’s collaborators: ERDEN Studio, the architectural ...

Researchers are revisiting old building practices -- the use of by-products and cast-offs -- as a way to improve building materials and sustainability of the trade. A technique known as rammed earth ...

OUTSIDER - a magazine that transcends boundaries has launched an architectural competition that encourages exploration of the significant potential of earth as a building material. The technique is ...

Kimberley Mok is a former architect who has been covering architecture and the arts for Treehugger since 2007. The firm's Oyaki Farm project is located just outside the city of Nagano and comprises a ...