All Entries Tagged With: "rammed earth"
The source of rammed-earth strength
Scientist in the UK have are delving into the strength of rammed-earth walls. It turns out that moisture content, which in turn leads to cohesion at the molecular level, is a most important characteristic. There is an article about the research here which is written by The Northern Echo, a UK publication. [...]
How to Choose a Plaster System, part 1
This is the first article in a four part series explaining all of the issues surrounding the choice of a plaster system on straw bale walls…
One common system used on all types of “green” buildings is plaster as a wall cladding and finish system. Whether your building is adobe, straw bale, rammed earth, straw-clay [...]
New Rammed Earth Commercial Building in New Mexico
New Mexico Business Weekly is reporting on New Mexico’s first large rammed-earth commercial building which opened in Santa Fe this week.
The building is owned by The Public Employees Retirement Association and will hold 500 employees. The size of the structure is approximately 30,000 square feet.
This was Lockwood Construction’s first rammed earth project. They seem to [...]
