Oldest rammed earth barn in Australia

Oldest rammed earth barn in Australia
A rammed barn in Oberon, New South Wales, with quite a history.
It is possible that this is the oldest rammed earth barn in Australia, and local residents are trying to have it placed on the State Heritage List, so that it can be protected.
For more information about the history of [...]

New Orleans Marine Hospital 1867 was Rammed Earth – Earth Architecture

New Orleans Marine Hospital 1867 was Rammed Earth
Eartharchitecture has an excellent story about the never completed New Orleans Marine Hospital. ‘The iron building, insulated with rammed earth, was thought to be lighter and therefore better suited to swampy local conditions, as well as fireproof. The proposal was innovative but the technology was costly, a sinkhole [...]

The Structural Engineer – Study of historic rammed earth structures in Spain and India

The Structural Engineer
My article about rammed earth in Spain and India.
Abstract
Paper: Study of historic rammed earth structures in Spain and India
The Rowen Travel Award was granted for the study of historic rammed earth structures in Spain and India. Eight locations in northern Spain and three in northern India were visited during October and November 2006. [...]

A Hakka toulou

A Hakka toulou
An excellent blog post about someone visiting a rammed earth round house in China.
The houses are known as Tou Lou, and are made from rammed earth with rice added to the mixture. The Hakka people originated from central China and have moved south over time. This brought them into contact with other [...]

Archeologist claims legendary Qin palace didn’t exist

Archeologist claims legendary Qin palace didn’t exist
Chinese State media reporting that the Epang Palace, surrounded by a rammed earth wall, may not really have existed. The wall has been found an excavated, but extensive excavations in the area has not revealed any Qin artifacts. This calls into question both the dating of the rammed [...]

Mutton Falls

Epoch Times | Aussie Hotspot – Mutton Falls Not Much Chop for Bushrangers
Another historic rammed earth structure in Australia, built around 1840.

Nossa Senhora D`Ajuda. Rammed earth churhc in Itaquaquecetuba, Brazil

Nossa Senhora D`Ajuda – Itaquaquecetuba, Brazil – Roman Catholic Churches on Waymarking.com
I’m sure there are many of these rammed earth churches. Just need to find them all.

Frank Lloyd Wright Rammed Earth – Earth Architecture

Frank Lloyd Wright Rammed Earth – Earth Architecture
A selection of articles on rammed earth homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, but unfortunately never constructed.

Briones house demolition, Palo Alto

Briones house, made from rammed earth around 1850
There has been a long running legal battle to prevent the demolition of a historic rammed earth house in Palo Alto, California. The house was constructed by the businesswoman around 1850, and is one of the earliest examples of rammed earth construction on the west coast of America. [...]

Northernmost section of the Great Wall

Article about the destruction of the Great wall near the Mongolian border, where some sections are very badly damaged