LSU Civil Engineering Professor Hai "Thomas" Lin. Courtesy Louisiana State University College of Engineering Earthen buildings are nothing new—in fact, they’re one of the earliest forms of ...

Imagine putting some dirt from your yard into a machine and watching it come out the other end as a dense block that can be used to construct a home. This isn’t a fantasy — one San Antonio-based ...

under your feet, and it doesn’t come with all the carbon baggage that other [building] materials come with,” says studio founder Jonathan Tuckey. As a building technique, rammed earth—which combines ...

Architects are reviving rammed earth, an ancient building method, as a low-carbon, locally sourced alternative to conventional materials. Its thermal mass, durability, and natural beauty make it a ...

On Sept. 8, Morocco endured its strongest earthquake in 120 years, registering a magnitude of 6.8. The earthquake’s epicenter was in the High Atlas Mountains, one of the country’s poorest regions. In ...

As part of our Building with Cob series, we've put together an overview of cob and other traditional earthen building materials used around the world, including adobe and rammed earth. Building with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elliott Hostetter, who lost his Altadena home to the Eaton fire, steps out of a SuperAdobe during a tour at the CalEarth Institute ...

The 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Morocco on Friday, September 8 has claimed almost 3,000 lives. A further 5,530 people are injured, and the death toll is expected to rise. The epicentre was high ...

Gallery opens April 30th at 7pm. Join us for a very special exhibition in the lobby of Higgins Hall from May 1st-7th! “Down to Earth: Indigenous Building Technologies” will feature the work of ...