https://www.rammedearthworks.com/projects daily 1.0 2025-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1510070734638-RHUH73JZ8ZKGPRELGDCD/Reformation-Melrose-Precast-Rammed-Earth-Panels-01b.jpg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works - Reformation Melrose Reformation says their clothing is the most sustainable option next to being naked. Little wonder that when Reformation opened their new store on Melrose Avenue in Beverly Hills, they decorated it with a rammed earth wall and next to nothing else. The interior of the store, designed by Montalba Architects, with construction completed by Shawmut Construction, is as spare and refined as the clothes on the racks. Image © Jesse Gillan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1650643455726-IXK8GSRWAMRUX6DPTYXR/Grouted+Seamlines+-+Panels.jpg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1658865526623-QIQA6XDXI4VZIN9IADES/image-asset.jpeg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works - Reformation Mission SF One way to deliver precast rammed earth panels uses manpower to go right through the front door, especially useful when there’s no room for a crane or a forklift. We built a portable jib crane to move each 2,000 pound panel from the trailer to the sidewalk and we built a six-wheeled trolley to roll the panels into the store. As you can see, it took three people pushing and one pulling to get the panel up and over the door threshold. The rammed earth arrived safe and ready for installation in a retail store that could have never used the material with traditional on-site form setting methods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1658866114364-GNJNZF59FZTN5YUUQIVV/3-Rammed-Earth-Works-Pre-Cast-2016-April-0748.jpg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works - NEUTRAL TAN Here are nine pre-cast rammed earth panels in our factory, waiting to be sawn to final dimensions and transported to the job site for final installation. A steel frame is installed on the back of each panel to use for attachment to the structural wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1658870333896-AQU7RYJVEFKKFYLUYOP5/Skylight+Drop+In.jpg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works - SAN DIEGO RESIDENCE Every project is unique as to how the panels will be offloaded from the delivery truck. In this case, the only way this custom 13’ panel was going to get to where it needed to go was through the 4th story skylight, diagonally! With only mere inches of clearance on each side, this was a tricky installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1487088104625-DBMDZQBAFDAKH3ZKV8ET/Rammed-Earth-Works-Stadium-TechCenter-07261689097-horizontal.jpg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works - Stadium Techcenter - Santa Clara An installation of pre-cast rammed earth panels at the new Stadium Techcenter in Santa Clara, California. Four panels of rammed earth are stacked on top of one another, each panel 5' high and 6” thick, each panel weighed over 8000 lbs. The rammed earth panels were made in our factory in Napa, California and transported to the job site where they were installed on site. Image © Michael David Rose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1700229145851-JOE5Z1YWMQH199LC176W/image-asset.jpeg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works This custom rammed earth project was a whirlwind from start to finish. Prodject came to us with a unique idea for an upcoming jewelry exhibition. They wanted to utilize hexagonal rammed earth bases as pedestals for the jewelry display cases. This project required a 3-week lead time on 17 pieces of different sizes and colors. With custom-made molds, this project was ambitious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1554764244064-DBFY2JPECXKIEIPOR0AJ/rammed-earth-works-menlo-park-rammed-earth-panels-01d.jpg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works - Menlo Park Pre-cast Rammed Earth Panels Working with Menlo Park architect Ana Williamson and two daring and wonderful clients, Rammed Earth Works developed the first ever use of thin precast rammed earth panels for installation in a residential application. The design team worked for months to arrive at the right color of warm earth with the subtle variations in lift depth and density that only rammed earth can achieve. Mounted on the backside of each three-inch thick panel is a steel frame which in turn is attached to the structural wood frame wall with mounting clips. In this application, the panels function as a rainscreen in front of the waterproofing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1701297572158-J2FVP37UV98PRA7SYIA4/Media%2B6-07BCC737-C210-4B72-A80C-EABD57E5ACF8.jpg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works At 8” thick, this rammed earth sign was poured upside down to achieve an angled top. Due to the Colorado environment, this mixture of rammed earth material also contained a waterproofing admixture as well as a dual sealer to achieve the best possible results in its freeze-thaw environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1706232316920-EARJNJD6X225EAWDWG4Y/image-asset.jpg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works - Monterey Peninsula Field Architecture intended to bring the colors of the sandy beach into this Carmel-by-the-Sea home. © Joe Fletcher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1706232107657-C824P775NXU20D1HESWW/image.jpg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works - The Canyons This client desired a gray and tan color scheme with some additional curvature to the striations. This panel will be mounted to an existing structure and will serve as the base for a monument sign. In collaboration with YESCO Custom Signs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1706232476237-L27L6TSUHY9N6WUZF03H/Panel+2.JPG Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works - New Panel In Stock Panel WDR1 is in stock and available to purchase. Current dimensions are ~13’L x 5’H but can be cut to fit. Available to ship within 2 weeks and one adjacent panel is also available in a miter corner. Please contact inquiries@rammedearthworks.com for more info. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1715885142752-HB9XWJJVSUK2Y2796R7V/BacklessBench.jpg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1715887641178-G5H4LDIZ31SI67RUJAHR/IMG_0105+%281%29.JPEG Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works - Palo Alto Residence This Palo Alto home was designed by David Arkin, Arkin Tilt Architects, in collaboration with the builder, Earth Bound Homes and the engineers, Verdant Structural Engineering. A lot went into this home to make it eco-friendly, including our rammed earth panel system, installed by Universal Precast Construction. You can see more about this home on EBH's youtube channel, along with tours of the completed home in 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1658868519512-HHUX7W8XZPSGXK20XVWH/corner2.jpg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works - CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES HEADQUARTERS We were thrilled to be working on the Natural Resources Headquarters project, as we felt this type of project aligned with our values and goals for the future of green building. Many people may want to utilize rammed earth in their projects, but pour-in-place methods using on-site soils are not always an option. With this building being in the middle of the city of Sacramento, it was a perfect fit to utilize our 3” thick rammed earth panels as a way to bring the earth back into the building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1734029591176-HZNFONHEMNUD6NKZ9AQG/Reception%2BArea.jpg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works - Colorado Executive Suite Lighting plays a huge role in color schemes. You can see in this photo above and the one to the right that, even though these are the same panels, they can appear to be lighter or darker depending on the angle you’re viewing them at or the lighting conditions throughout the day be it artificial light or natural light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1736891497261-RJXHW28OZ1NR8SI906LY/ClaycoBuilding--72.jpg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works - Phoenix, AZ Reception Desk Our rammed earth panels showcase a meticulously designed reception area that highlights the innovative use of materials and textures. The lower portion of the desk features four custom Phoenix, Arizona-inspired rammed earth panels, adding a tactile, earthy aesthetic that grounds the space. This is also an example of a butt-joint corner as well as a vertical seam line that is unfilled. Above, a dark, textured countertop with sleek lines creates a striking contrast, accentuated by warm, recessed lighting. The backdrop incorporates a dynamic, vertical wood installation resembling a mountainous silhouette, complementing the natural tones of the rammed earth panels. The design is elevated further by warm wood flooring, modern copper pendant lighting, and seasonal decor, creating a polished and inviting atmosphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1702584661515-5L4NUAF46FNL7C0J3T6O/image-asset.jpeg Rammed Earth Projects Built by Rammed Earth Works - MALIBU BEACH HOME This large Malibu home went through an overhaul by interior designer Nicole Gordon and architect Mathieu Ribaut with M|R Design. “How do we open it up and make it feel connected to the outside?” Ribaut questioned. We feel the rammed earth panels used in this home contributed to bringing the outdoor/sandy environment into the home. © Roger Davies/OTTO (interiors by Nicole Gordon Studio)/Architecture by M|R Design https://www.rammedearthworks.com/press daily 0.75 2016-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1463150632295-DKK4GGYKM6FL9CE8IU6L/2016-05-Dwell-Materials-Special-Issue-Rammed-Earth-Works-half-1600.jpg Press - Rammed Earth Works - Dwell Special Issue - Materials Sourcebook - May 2016 Dwell Magazine included Rammed Earth Works (as well as Watershed Materials) in their recent Special Issue - Materials Sourcebook 2016. We're so honored! The letter from the Editor-in-Chief, Amanda Dameron, entitled In the Material World speaks to our mission in more ways than one : "Over the past 16 years, we've amassed a deep archive of architectural projects that convey modern values through conscious design decisions. This special issue celebrates the way that architects and residents alike have engaged bold material palettes as a vehicle for communicating their ideals. In the pages that follow, we honor the artistry of the build through the lens of material exploration. We acknowledge that when architects experiment with material properties, they push their own power of expression. While the wheel need not be reinvented with each use of stone, wood, concrete, metal, glass, and even recycled goods - surely we can chart modern architectural progress through technological innovation and ceaseless iteration. What would 'modern architecture' mean today if Alvar Aalto hadn't spent years experimenting with wood, if Louis Kahn hadn't embraced brick, or if Frank Gehry hadn't explored the limits of metal? It's inconceivable to conjure the work without the materials, not to mention the tireless minds that dared to recast the mundane." We couldn't agree more! This feature is a reissue of a larger Dwell Magazine story on Rammed Earth Works originally published in April, 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1463150632295-DKK4GGYKM6FL9CE8IU6L/2016-05-Dwell-Materials-Special-Issue-Rammed-Earth-Works-half-1600.jpg Press - Rammed Earth Works - Dwell Special Issue - Materials Sourcebook - May 2016 Dwell Magazine included Rammed Earth Works (as well as Watershed Materials) in their recent Special Issue - Materials Sourcebook 2016. We're so honored! The letter from the Editor-in-Chief, Amanda Dameron, entitled In the Material World speaks to our mission in more ways than one : "Over the past 16 years, we've amassed a deep archive of architectural projects that convey modern values through conscious design decisions. This special issue celebrates the way that architects and residents alike have engaged bold material palettes as a vehicle for communicating their ideals. In the pages that follow, we honor the artistry of the build through the lens of material exploration. We acknowledge that when architects experiment with material properties, they push their own power of expression. While the wheel need not be reinvented with each use of stone, wood, concrete, metal, glass, and even recycled goods - surely we can chart modern architectural progress through technological innovation and ceaseless iteration. What would 'modern architecture' mean today if Alvar Aalto hadn't spent years experimenting with wood, if Louis Kahn hadn't embraced brick, or if Frank Gehry hadn't explored the limits of metal? It's inconceivable to conjure the work without the materials, not to mention the tireless minds that dared to recast the mundane." We couldn't agree more! This feature is a reissue of a larger Dwell Magazine story on Rammed Earth Works originally published in April, 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1436281070120-L0EDGRDHJ806K635MDW1/image-asset.jpeg Press - Rammed Earth Works - Best of Competition - IIDA Interior Design Competition - June 2015 View the award. We're thrilled to hear the news that the rammed earth Windhover Contemplative Center was just awarded the Best of Competition in the 2015 International Interior Design Association's Interior Design Competition. The award was given at the annual Award Gala in Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1423151750839-TM3OHO2PHCNGCWFSEBCY/image-asset.jpeg Press - Rammed Earth Works - designboom - February 2015 Read the article on designboom. “the process of getting the color of the rammed earth walls to complement but not overpower the art was a challenge, involving a dozens of subtle iterations of the mix formula. although the reddish brown weathered sandstone that lay directly beneath the site would have met the structural specifications for rammed earth walls on its own, the color of the site-sourced earth was too dark and too rich for the art, so it was blended with other materials to achieve the final color. the formula involved a blend of site soil with coarse sand, small gravel, crushed rhyolite, decomposed granite, and two different cements.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413299473660-EZO9OQNCFPGH072B2K3R/2014-10-NextCity-RammedEarthWorks-821x1024.jpg Press - Rammed Earth Works - Next City - October 2014 Read the article on Next City. “Easton has been working on ... a rammed earth block that’s made of quartz, recycled concrete, locally sourced earth and other materials. The result, the Watershed Block, could be used just like concrete blocks are today.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413306573658-6T28KC91GH0VVEFXR7K9/2014-10-Dwell-1594x1046.jpg Press - Rammed Earth Works - Dwell Magazine - October 2014 Read the article on Dwell. “David Easton, a pioneer in the field of rammed-earth construction, developed sturdy blocks made from recycled and waste material and then used them to build a house for himself and his wife, Cynthia Wright, in collaboration with designer Juliet Hsu. In many ways, this essentially prefabricated structure echoes Frank Lloyd Wright’s idealized midcentury Usonian house, which he describes in his book The Natural House as being ‘integral to its site, integral to its environment, integral to the life of the inhabitants.’ ‘Our Watershed blocks are made from local raw material to embody the character of the region,’ Easton explains.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413299480878-Q739H4TG4M0J4F0RQ4NH/2013-09-NYTimes-571x737.jpg Press - Rammed Earth Works - New York Times - October 2013 Read the article in The New York Times. “Rammed earth ... is ‘tremendous at storing thermal energy,’ said David Easton, a builder and founder of Rammed Earth Works, based in Napa, Calif. In other words, it takes a long time for the outside temperature to make its way inside. Houses made of rammed earth perform best in climates with a high ‘diurnal swing’ — for example, in New Mexico and California — so that cooler temperatures at night can keep the house comfortable during the day.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413307864092-G6DY91B52JH00Y6S9GLR/2013-ModernLuxuryInteriors-1654x1046.jpg Press - Rammed Earth Works - Modern Luxury Interiors - Fall 2013 Read the article in Modern Luxury Interiors. “The beauty of rammed earth is that it is created by using a low- energy process—often incorporating soils found on-site—and results in homes known for their thermal properties, doing away with the need for air-conditioning. This house also contains sections made out of rammed earth building blocks, another groundbreaking development by Easton. Additional sustainable features include radiant heat, a prefab metal roof and salvaged redwood siding from the previous home. Walkway pavers were made from the remains of concrete used to create the floors.” “David is about efficiency of construction and building materials that are ecologically responsible,” he says. “Juliet is focused on clean, simple design and how the individual will interact within the space. Bringing these sensibilities together has provided a pretty amazing combination.”   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413300564231-0L4U71MO8PTQGYGG2UKP/2010-10-H-Monthly-1560x1046.jpg Press - Rammed Earth Works - H Monthly - October 2010 “David Easton became interested in rammed earth in the 1970s after graduating from Stanford. ‘I never intended to be a building contractor,’ he say. ‘I’m more of a product design guy.’ He developed the PISE (Pneumatically Impacted Stabilized Earth) system as a way to facilitate the labor intensive process of construction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413305295098-DSGL0QB3L921DTSNQWNI/2009-05-Dwell-821x1052.jpg Press - Rammed Earth Works - Dwell Magazine - June 2009 Read the article on Dwell. “From an ecological perspective, pneumatically impacted stabilized earth (PISE) is a nearly perfect building material. A new house, halfway between Carmel and Big Sur, near California’s central coast, showcases PISE’s residential potential.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413304394807-JCFB6GQ96HPLY22ZRH6G/2005-06-CaliforniaHomeAndDesign-1619x1046.jpg Press - Rammed Earth Works - California Home + Design - June 2005 “Destined to become California's authority on rammed earth construction, David Easton was an engineering student at Stanford University in the late 1960s when he first learned about the ancient building technique used in China, Africa and Northern Europe. Recognizing great promise in this primitive method, Easton viewed rammed earth as ‘an easy way to build ecologically responsible houses that cost less’ - a desireable combination, to be sure. Not only is the fortitude of solid-earth walls indisputable (they have historically endured several hundred years of weathering) but also the environmental impact of building them is negligible, since rammed earth uses widely available unprocessed soil.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413306045517-AQYM89X5SFPWJ50HPKM9/2003-06-ArchitecturalDigest.jpg Press - Rammed Earth Works - Architectural Digest - June 2003 “Good architecture and good wine have nearly always gone hand in hand. It's not that the former is indispensable in order to produce the latter, but tradition has provided precedent enough-think of the archetypal Roman villa, many Benedictine abbeys and, of course, the profusion of French chateaus. The fruit of the vine, it would appear, inspires human kind to build.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413301827066-IY26X3NEIRSGY5SAEVVM/1996-09-Wall-Street-Journal.jpg Press - Rammed Earth Works - Wall Street Journal - September 1996 Read the article on The Wall Street Journal. “It’s a blistering 90-degree day in the arid valley north of San Francisco, so entering Suzanne Brangham’s lavish hillside home is a welcome relief. It’s cool in the living room under the 19-foot Douglas-fir beamed ceiling, cool in the kitchen beside the antique pine wine cask from England, cool in the main bathroom behind the 100-year-old mesquite doors from Mexico. Good air conditioning? No, good dirt.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413306916491-2QYZYMYTHWAYQFV11EHN/1991-02-USNews-1073x735.jpg Press - Rammed Earth Works - US News and World Report - February 1991 “Now, Frank Lloyd Wright's organic approach to architecture is once again ascendant, embraced by architects and designers inspired by the global green movement and eager to lend their skills to protecting and preserving the environment.” https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-05-30 https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2018/1/12/interior-rammed-earth-panels-thinner-prefab-panels-and-a-cool-blue-hue monthly 0.5 2018-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1512578385075-SFOD5LF6UTBG9MO45GPE/Reformation-Melrose-Precast-Rammed-Earth-Panels-01c.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Interior Rammed Earth Panels - Thinner Prefab Panels And A Cool Blue Hue Reformation says their clothing is the most sustainable option next to being naked. Little wonder that when Reformation opened their new store on Melrose Avenue in Beverly Hills, they decorated it with a rammed earth wall and next to nothing else. The interior of the store, designed by Montalba Architects, with construction completed by Shawmut Construction, is as spare and refined as the clothes on the racks. Image © Jesse Gillan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1512578839411-NU4J88HBC90CO96ACD58/Rammed-Earth-Works-Pre-Cast-Mission-0920.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Interior Rammed Earth Panels - Thinner Prefab Panels And A Cool Blue Hue Pre-cast interior rammed earth panels being delivered to the new Reformation store in the Mission district of San Francisco. To accomplish the delivery - which had to be made through the storefront's narrow front door with no room for a forklift or crane - we built a portable jib to transfer each 2,000 pound panel from the trailer to the sidewalk and we built a six-wheeled trolley to roll the panels into the store. As you can see, it took three people pushing and one pulling to get the panel up and over the door threshold. The rammed earth arrived safe and ready for installation in a retail store that could have never used the material with traditional on-site form setting methods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1512579078349-JIC0511SU3TNOMWLNZ84/Reformation-Melrose-Precast-Rammed-Earth-Panels-05.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Interior Rammed Earth Panels - Thinner Prefab Panels And A Cool Blue Hue Pre-cast thin interior rammed earth panel at the Reformation store in Los Angeles. After curing in the shop for a month, each of the panels was cut in half to facilitate transport, then re-assembled in the store and mounted onto a square tube steel frame bolted to footings beneath the original concrete slab floor. The “end grain” of the cut panels reveals the small stones and gravel that are a component of the formulations that give each layer its strength and color. Image © Jesse Gillan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1512579865054-6WAASGS4OTCEJFV9SZMX/Reformation-Melrose-Precast-Rammed-Earth-Panels-02b.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Interior Rammed Earth Panels - Thinner Prefab Panels And A Cool Blue Hue The interior of newest Reformation store, located a few blocks east of Beverly Hills, features a 200 square foot free-standing mural of stratified rammed earth floating above a polished reclaimed concrete slab - nearly naked. These thin slabs of rammed earth are like nothing else. Everywhere in the world, rammed earth walls are thick, massively heavy, and constructed right at their final resting place. Making rammed earth thin enough to put on a truck, carry into a building, and hang on a wall is a paradigm shift for the earth building industry. Image © Jesse Gillan https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2017/3/21/rammed-earth-slims-down-pre-cast-rammed-earth-responds-to-the-modern-built-environment monthly 0.5 2023-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1487784966243-B0VUZ67B1NUTPIHGVJ7O/Rammed-Earth-Works-Stadium-TechCenter-9567225.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Rammed Earth Slims Down - Pre-Cast Rammed Earth Responds To The Modern Built Environment The new rammed earth, slimmed down and ready for the show, complements the palette of crisp, modern finishes in the lobby of the six-story Stadium TechCenter in Santa Clara, California. Interior design by SmithGroupJJR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1487785465319-60P0TOCZG3R2ZA13RQ1D/Rammed-Earth-Works-Stadium-TechCenter-8543.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Rammed Earth Slims Down - Pre-Cast Rammed Earth Responds To The Modern Built Environment Depending on the epoch and the thousand year floods, nature can lithify layers of sedimentary rock that are deep and highly contrasting, or pencil thin. It can take a million years to build a rock five feet thick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1487785352305-JQWNM86YTSSZHCLGZU3S/Rammed-Earth-Works-Stadium-TechCenter-2903.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Rammed Earth Slims Down - Pre-Cast Rammed Earth Responds To The Modern Built Environment The safest way to transport and mount the big panels was to support them in a steel frame, with lifting hooks welded to the frame. Notice the subtle changes in strata and color patterns between these two panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1487785188162-5AX8VVWDSV7LD03CVU3R/Rammed-Earth-Works-Stadium-TechCenter-124146.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Rammed Earth Slims Down - Pre-Cast Rammed Earth Responds To The Modern Built Environment For the installation of the four big Stadium TechCenter panels, we used a long reach forklift to set the panels rather than a crane because the roof was already on the building. The forklift picked each of the five foot high panels off the truck, backed directly into the lobby with only inches to clear the door frames, executed a ninety-degree turn and placed the panels one on top of another against four steel posts where they were welded in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1487785555429-3GPR38JRB0B8X893J6I2/Rammed-Earth-Works-Stadium-TechCenter-07261689097.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Rammed Earth Slims Down - Pre-Cast Rammed Earth Responds To The Modern Built Environment Twenty feet tall and six inches thick, the “mural” of stratified rammed earth mirrors the geological diversity of California’s Coast Mountain Range, and celebrates the diversity of California’s multi-ethnicity. Image © Michael David Rose https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2017/1/23/rammed-earth-lobby-wall-american-agcredit monthly 0.5 2017-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1485375079845-S99POF9DC6IGC3XD6DUY/Rammed-Earth-Works-American-AgCredit-Lobby-Wall-816202.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Building A Rammed Earth Lobby Wall For American AgCredit - The First Of A New Journey The first thing you see walking into the new headquarters for American AgCredit is the rammed earth wall, built with different strata representing the diversity of soils in the regions served by this bank for farmers. The wall itself is forty feet long, twelve feet tall, sixteen inches thick and weighs roughly 84,000 pounds. The entire project, designed by TLCD Architects and built by Jim Murphy Associates, comprises 120,000 square feet of sustainability and energy efficiency driven features. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1485375160980-C6FFLU0PDCTQLY7LUHEY/Rammed-Earth-Works-American-AgCredit-Lobby-Wall-7171.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Building A Rammed Earth Lobby Wall For American AgCredit - The First Of A New Journey The challenge for us in building the forty-ton rammed earth wall for American AgCredit was the fact that it was supposed to end up in the lobby. Because installing a traditional rammed earth wall requires a lot of space and equipment, we had to negotiate with the contractor to let us be one of the first subs on the site. The big footings that would be supporting the 2.8 million pounds of structural steel and 51,000 square feet of glass were the only part of the construction in our way when we set up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1485375231434-B52VFJ6I00FULIRYTWNC/Rammed-Earth-Works-American-AgCredit-Lobby-Wall-9593.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Building A Rammed Earth Lobby Wall For American AgCredit - The First Of A New Journey Setting forms, and then filling them with all of the different soil layers, took only a few weeks. After our forms came down, however, we had to build a protective wall that remained in place for over two years while the building was finished, which meant we had to wait two years for everyone to see what it was we had accomplished. https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2016/5/13/dwell-magazine-special-issue-materials-sourcebook-features-rammed-earth-works monthly 0.5 2016-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1463151317058-9TTKA1BET9E29EBRB6CW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Dwell Magazine Special Issue Materials Sourcebook Features Rammed Earth Works https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2016/2/2/open-house-saturday-february-13th-2016 monthly 0.5 2016-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1454447481736-QF7C5ZFS7OQIZS0WMFLB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Open House - Saturday February 13th 2016 https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2016/1/30/pre-cast-rammed-earth monthly 0.5 2017-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1454518264110-A8IAMKAXOASY9FWG5UPX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Pre-Cast Rammed Earth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1454518475566-812Y4DY9JLK7L4UTVKGV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Pre-Cast Rammed Earth Measuring five feet high by twenty-four feet long, each of the 3” thick panels weighs 4,200 pounds when fresh out of the mold - 3,850 once the hydration water is converted. What keeps them together? Ultra high compression. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1454518502367-AB5AGQN99PJJQA1ZU7NO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Pre-Cast Rammed Earth Working with panels this thin, delivering the soil mix into the formwork at a uniform depth is essential. The team at Rammed Earth Works continues to develop equipment specifically suited to the task at hand. Here we’re using a linear traveling delivery conveyor dropping mix through the feeding box - three linear feet every fifteen seconds; 2.4 cubic feet per lift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1454518522771-JIZ8KU540M43XYFLSMSH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Pre-Cast Rammed Earth Each five-inch loose lift takes one minute twenty seconds to deposit into the formwork. Target density is 136 pounds per cubic foot. A Jet 2-T rammer has a tool weight of twenty-one pounds, works on 90 psi of air pressure, and has a strike rate of 700 blows per minute. To reach 97% compaction rate, the rammer travels along the twenty-four foot long wall at the same rate as the delivery conveyor - three linear feet every fifteen seconds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1454518591636-52LGXG3U1ZYNI4UAHTCV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Pre-Cast Rammed Earth https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2016/1/29/buildwell-conference-2016 monthly 0.5 2016-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1454511541783-OAD8KZFEI2S1BEY3OSQR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - BuildWell Conference 2016 https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2015/8/24/rammed-earth-a-historical-perspective-and-a-solution-to-modern-day-challenges monthly 0.5 2016-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1444231262949-8WW5DGAMGMXY9G0VWYY3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Rammed Earth, A Historical Perspective And a Solution to Modern Day Challenges Vernacular rammed earth structures common in China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1444231699340-HWN5ZIBHMQOIKZNBLFBB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Rammed Earth, A Historical Perspective And a Solution to Modern Day Challenges Dr. Rongrong Hu and David Easton at the Watershed Materials headquarters, standing in front of a building made with rammed earth Watershed Block below rammed earth PISE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1444232956849-YVA4V2P7WIJS1JM35KIH/Rammed-Earth-Works-Dr-Rongrong-Hu-China-02-1200.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Rammed Earth, A Historical Perspective And a Solution to Modern Day Challenges Rammed earth home in Northern California built by Easton's Rammed Earth Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1444233061434-3E1VFG3OAPKCUJL5YIKD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Rammed Earth, A Historical Perspective And a Solution to Modern Day Challenges Dr. Rongrong Hu at the Hamel Family Winery before her presentation on the history and future of rammed earth in China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1444233210938-TCG97G67Z0ITZNJUKYM4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Rammed Earth, A Historical Perspective And a Solution to Modern Day Challenges Dr. Rongrong Hu speaking about the history and future of rammed earth in China to a group of rammed earth advocates knowledgeable about rammed earth in the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1444233852032-V10QFKMLFXCHU140ZU7B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Rammed Earth, A Historical Perspective And a Solution to Modern Day Challenges Dr. Rongrong Hu speaking with attendees of her presentation asking them their feelings on the future of rammed earth. https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2015/7/7/windhover-contemplative-center-wins-best-of-competition-in-the-2015-international-interior-design-association-interior-design-competition monthly 0.5 2015-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1436280134353-BUR99MD0915138SCZ9U6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Windhover Contemplative Center wins Best of Competition in the 2015 International Interior Design Association's interior design competition. The rammed earth Windhover Contemplative Center featured on the front and back cover of the awards catalog for the 2015 International Interior Design Association's Interior Design Competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1436280522709-NP9H97ZD4678TY7VQCAK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Windhover Contemplative Center wins Best of Competition in the 2015 International Interior Design Association's interior design competition. Windhover Contemplative Center award page detailing the Best of Competition award. https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2015/3/25/own-a-beautiful-rammed-earth-vacation-property-in-hana-hawaii monthly 0.5 2015-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1414205806249-IDFSDFFCRD8053DBCYC9/0267-Overall-Black-sky-sunriseX-150Master-1600x942jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Own a beautiful rammed earth vacation property in Hana, Hawaii. - Hawaii Vacation Home The bungalows in Hana, Maui are an Easton/Wright family affair. Built over a span of several years, the three pavilions marry the vernacular island style with new concepts. Traditionally, the broad roofs built of poles and thatch were supported on rock pilasters or wooden posts. For our version, we supported the galvanized metal roofs on wall panels of rammed earth and a hand-thrown version of pise. The property is currently for sale. Image © Art Gray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1412002715998-BY4K9ZBR4P7I2SMTNDRD/0135-Master-Bed-Master150-1500x1000.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Own a beautiful rammed earth vacation property in Hana, Hawaii. For the Hana project, we returned to our original forming system - one set of plywood and wooden walers, held together with pipe clamps. We mixed on the ground with the tractor bucket and shoveled into the forms. It’s been a long time since we ground mixed and shoveled. It’s been a long time since we built one small panel at a time, but under the circumstances, where speed and efficiency were not the drivers (no general contractor holding us to a schedule), and where the labor rates weren’t a factor (all volunteer), the old style worked well. Image © Art Gray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1412002716162-UF9T6HE3GFF0DWUCSWCR/0077-Living-Full-shot-Mastert150-1500x1000.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Own a beautiful rammed earth vacation property in Hana, Hawaii. The key to comfort in the tropics is ventilation - lots of it. We used supporting earth walls as sparingly as possible. Big panels of sliding glass open to mimic the original concept of a Hawaiian hale. Open gable ends and cupolas keep the air flowing through the pavilions. Breezeways accelerate air movement. The property is currently for sale. Image © Art Gray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1412002721243-5SV2FL3CI866VOQLY28F/8504-Shower-Out-door-Shower-1Master-1500x986.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Own a beautiful rammed earth vacation property in Hana, Hawaii. Hawaiian earth, eroding as it has from geologically young igneous rock, lacks the weathered clays that usually bind rammed earth together. Basaltic grains are porous and thirsty, making it difficult to control optimum moisture and tricky to build with. Image © Art Gray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1484862311388-LQFR0UAFCRTFSZJ1GEE2/8801-guest-tub-detail-Master150-900x1200.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Own a beautiful rammed earth vacation property in Hana, Hawaii. The coarse walls that result from the high percentage of basalt gravel in the mix, and leave a preponderance of small voids in the surface. In concrete, this would be called “honeycomb”. We fill the voids with a slurry of tile grout to give the finished wall the look of travertine. Image © Art Gray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1412002718286-RFX1W53OPKOKF5FEEXZP/8406-Dining-looking-out-Master150-900x1200.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Own a beautiful rammed earth vacation property in Hana, Hawaii. View through the sliding dining room wall glass panels into the breezeway. Tradewinds pick up speed as the funnel through the breezeway, pulling heat from the living spaces. Image © Art Gray https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2015/1/8/david-easton-keynotes-the-first-international-conference-on-rammed-earth-construction-perth-australia-february-10th-to-13th-2015 monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1420730155020-GHBG16E5TRSRREJ44A66/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - David Easton Keynotes the First International Conference on Rammed Earth Construction - Perth, Australia - February 10th to 13th 2015 https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2014/11/18/artist-andy-goldsworthy-uses-rammed-earth-works-for-newest-art-installation monthly 0.5 2015-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1416332451225-DDU8VZQED2Y19X7RXLH0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Artist Andy Goldsworthy Uses Rammed Earth Works for Newest Art Installation Andy digs out a ball of gnarled eucalyptus branches embedded inside a rammed earth wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1416333415848-RZDNR8RGNFZ8OVUFTNTV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Artist Andy Goldsworthy Uses Rammed Earth Works for Newest Art Installation Eucalyptus branches from the Presidio installed before the formwork for the rammed earth wall is installed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1416333435751-0T43ZRMMJ6HASZEU5QO3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Artist Andy Goldsworthy Uses Rammed Earth Works for Newest Art Installation Formwork for the rammed earth walls installed, locally sourced Presidio earth mixed and poured into the forms, and ramming begins. Rammers carefully compact earth around the twisted ball of Eucalyptus branches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1416333451944-6IWWBNV1ZLGJ8Q01JK6U/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Artist Andy Goldsworthy Uses Rammed Earth Works for Newest Art Installation Some passion filled earth ramming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1416333482334-F6ES5NDTSOQPDBZE7U2L/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Artist Andy Goldsworthy Uses Rammed Earth Works for Newest Art Installation Rammers have reached the top of the rammed earth wall that surrounds the now buried eucalyptus branches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1416333502391-9XRVXP3EFKQECKRDZI0D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Artist Andy Goldsworthy Uses Rammed Earth Works for Newest Art Installation Formwork is removed revealing a freshly packed rammed earth wall and the center point of the ball of gnarled eucalyptus branches. Both the raw earth for the rammed earth wall and the eucalyptus wood was sourced from the surrounding Presidio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1416333525103-MSBKPBN9ZN12D60KPCP0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Artist Andy Goldsworthy Uses Rammed Earth Works for Newest Art Installation Artist Andy Goldsworthy poses with the installation before beginning to dig out the earth surrounding the encased eucalyptus wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1416333539260-KBYZ8SE36SW77OB7UU56/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Artist Andy Goldsworthy Uses Rammed Earth Works for Newest Art Installation Detail of the rammed earth wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1416333554403-32YSULRFOIPD2UTK0I26/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Artist Andy Goldsworthy Uses Rammed Earth Works for Newest Art Installation Artist Andy Goldsworthy poses with the installation before beginning to dig out the earth surrounding the encased eucalyptus wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1416333570561-AWS9FLTVKAYK5CL9K4QB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Artist Andy Goldsworthy Uses Rammed Earth Works for Newest Art Installation Detail of the rammed earth wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1416333591928-37HB3MIH259B3PU2NBBX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Artist Andy Goldsworthy Uses Rammed Earth Works for Newest Art Installation Artist Andy Goldsworthy excavates the rammed earth from around the gnarled eucalyptus wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1416333609480-CCQJ9SVOF93CNXDPNIR6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Artist Andy Goldsworthy Uses Rammed Earth Works for Newest Art Installation Detail of the buried then revealed eucalyptus branches surrounded by a rammed earth wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1416333626915-KR338OBGH5HO8BAQTQFZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Artist Andy Goldsworthy Uses Rammed Earth Works for Newest Art Installation Rammed Earth Works' Khyber Easton and artist Andy Goldsworthy. https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2014/11/4/our-new-website-is-up monthly 0.5 2016-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1415124393541-1A2URTCTZUM5A826XJ6I/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Our New Website is Up! https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2014/11/3/indoor-comfort-isnt-just-about-r-value-addressing-the-relationship-between-insulation-and-thermal-mass monthly 0.5 2014-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1415039960161-XP6EEVL1FPCWWSH6TP55/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Indoor Comfort Isn’t Just About R-value: Addressing the Relationship Between Insulation and Thermal Mass The thick earth walls of China Fujian Tulou, here shown in the Hekeng cluster, have been providing their inhabitants with cool daytime temperatures and warm nighttime temperatures for hundreds of years. Image credit Fon Zhou, used with permission of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 license. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1415040022361-ZDHPHG34RFB6TSH1TN8G/PassiveHouse7-NBT-628.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Indoor Comfort Isn’t Just About R-value: Addressing the Relationship Between Insulation and Thermal Mass Exterior walls of homes that embrace modern construction concepts including Passive House and Net Zero often seal off exterior air from interior air with impermeable vapor barriers and high amounts of insulation. Heat exchanging ventilation systems circulate air. Image credit NBT used with permission of Creative Commons Attribution No Derivitives 2.0 license. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1415040121743-O6TLJKQH2LHXAO6IWWP8/MtViewHouse-17-700.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Indoor Comfort Isn’t Just About R-value: Addressing the Relationship Between Insulation and Thermal Mass The thick exterior walls of a rammed earth house can provide insulative properties above the measured steady state R-value when used in climates where the daytime and nighttime temperatures swing above and below the desired indoor air temperature, also known as high diurnal swing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1415040203279-TFAU3J2WAWPQYRYQEAHS/WatershedBlockWall-900.jpg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - Indoor Comfort Isn’t Just About R-value: Addressing the Relationship Between Insulation and Thermal Mass In an ongoing study to determine the most effective use of structure and energy performance, this wall assembly of double block provides one set of hollow cells to receive reinforcing steel and concrete grout to support roof loads and provide earthquake safety, with one set of cells left open to capture dead air space to improve thermal resistance. This wall assembly will have a different thermal response depending on which side of the house it's located. The north side will tend to be much cooler than the south and west because it never sees direct sunlight. https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2012/09/27/building-from-the-watershed monthly 0.5 2014-11-03 https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2014/05/12/a-modern-rammed-earth-home-in-silicon-valley monthly 0.5 2014-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413235975594-C9OKGXZK9155HKFHD76J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - A Modern Rammed Earth Home in Silicon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413235998992-BQDHQVT7EVOOG6MG2GNB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - A Modern Rammed Earth Home in Silicon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413236020784-LYZOE2HHH2GTQUA61G7Q/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - A Modern Rammed Earth Home in Silicon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413236050589-MOI4S5JMNUS3BOKPTSIQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - A Modern Rammed Earth Home in Silicon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413236070979-4FFV893QT93WFAD2RQR4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - A Modern Rammed Earth Home in Silicon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413236087327-7H23US8HVGDXO1YMUNFP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - A Modern Rammed Earth Home in Silicon Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413236106492-KB7MCLQMFWKJ5SV8HLLX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - A Modern Rammed Earth Home in Silicon Valley https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2011/06/29/keeping-the-costs-down monthly 0.5 2014-10-13 https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2010/12/16/a-contemporary-rammed-earth-home-in-the-mountains monthly 0.5 2014-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413233512936-IZ35Y3MSFM7G9SP8BFXA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - A Contemporary Rammed Earth Home in the Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413233634586-1VJALCP13FDMT356WTZB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - A Contemporary Rammed Earth Home in the Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413233540618-HWB4T56QO45ALRPGDNGD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - A Contemporary Rammed Earth Home in the Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413233570908-8098J7CZRVYCXZ6PFQ5Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - A Contemporary Rammed Earth Home in the Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413233613328-RPCGJ2E9ZKTDGHUTVJ1D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rammed Earth Works - A Contemporary Rammed Earth Home in the Mountains https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2010/07/31/why-not-concrete monthly 0.5 2014-10-13 https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2010/07/11/finding-the-right-soil monthly 0.5 2014-10-13 https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/2010/05/27/delivery-systems-spring-2010 monthly 0.5 2014-10-13 https://www.rammedearthworks.com/blog/category/Rammed+Earth+Panels monthly 0.5 https://www.rammedearthworks.com/legacy-projects daily 0.75 2023-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1412000780093-MNBL9HZ4RCUU7YEQF62S/RammedEarthWorks-BuenaVista-037-1500x1000.jpg Legacy - Buena Vista Residence - Pour In Place Net Zero residence designed by Noel Cross + Architects and built by Evans Construction Inc, located in the foothills above California's San Francisco Bay. In the architect’s words: this "uber-green" net zero energy residence incorporates too many elements of sustainability and green building to count, yet it's the modern architectural style and design sensitivity to the site that really take center stage. Durable, low maintenance, and handsome materials such as rusted cor-ten steel, natural stone veneer, and integral color plaster are deftly combined with strong linear roof lines that emphasize the horizontal nature of the site, such that the house seems to grow out of the hillside. Image © Frank Paul Perez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1412013096417-ULE9E8O6FSNKFL2QFI6W/RammedEarthWorks-Webb_IntNight01-1500x1145.jpg Legacy - St. Helena Residence - Pour In Place Farmhouse modern home in the valley floor vineyards of St. Helena, California, designed by Wagstaff Architects and built by Grassi and Associates. Image © Adrián Gregorutti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1413576969451-SC30R0GG9LANAZFMDEE2/RammedEarthWorks-CowperSt_02-1500x1125.jpg Legacy - Palo Alto Residence - Pour In Place Modern edge creeps into old town Palo Alto, California, designed by Cass Calder Smith and built by Kirk Welton Construction. Image © Joe Fletcher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1414465754473-T5NPULE523SOGTNPH9IC/springs-11-07-544-1500x1000.jpg Legacy - Springs Preserve - Pour In Place The Springs Preserve is an educational center and botanical gardens located at the site of the original Las Vegas springs. Designed by Lucchesi, Galati Architects, Inc. and built by Whiting Turner. Image provided by Lucchesi Galati Architects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1485194736848-1TLKI8ZI8UDJMMA8NFPG/Rammed-Earth-Works-American-AgCredit-816205.jpg Legacy - American AgCredit Lobby - Pour In Place The new corporate headquarters for American AgCredit in Santa Rosa was designed by TLCD Architecture. The building's design called for an entrance lobby backed by a forty-foot long, twelve foot tall, 16” thick stabilized rammed earth wall comprised of multiple soil types, representing the regions served by the bank. All of us at Rammed Earth Works appreciated the link between growing crops in earth and building a wall of earth in the lobby. Built by Jim Murphy and Associates, the 120,000 square foot project received the 2016 AIA Redwood Empire Citation Award and the North Bay’s Top Projects. The building exceeds U.S. Green Building Council LEED requirements for Gold-level certification. Image © David Wakely https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1417455548340-DTAX7968X6F5YKE5AYG2/RammedEarthWorks-NapaFarmhouse_0773-1024x683.jpg Legacy - Napa Farmhouse - Pour In Place David Easton and Cynthia Wright's house in Napa, California was built in the mid 1990’s using a specialized technique of rammed earth called pise - pneumatically impacted stabilized earth. The house so closely resembles the French country houses of the Rhone River Valley that you almost might think the house was taken down, moved, and reassembled. Eighteen inch thick walls, a shaded western wall, and well-placed ventilation keep the interior spaces cool all summer long. Radiant heated floors on both levels maintain warmth through the cool winters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1418871638492-TLQQNR6VDYIBFC2V8XOI/RammedEarthWorks-MountainViewResidence-10-1500x1000.jpg Legacy - Mountain View Residence - Pour In Place Residence in Mountain View, California, designed by Juliet Hsu and built by Rammed Earth Works. Borrowing from the Eichlers, this project on a small lot in old town Mountain View is actually the third iteration of a concept exploring the efficiency of repeating earth volumes connected by transparent spaces. Three repeating and identical rectangles of 18” rammed earth, each 24’ x 20’, enclose the kitchen and the bedrooms. Identical is the operative word here, because reusing the formwork without modification saves time and money. Image © Mark Luthringer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1422485703381-K2Z0QC2Y8SAZ1MHZVXFO/RammedEarthWorks-Windhover-01-1010-1500x1138.jpg Legacy - Windhover Contemplative Center - Pour In Place The Windhover Contemplative Center, named for a series of paintings by artist Nathan Oliveria, is a spiritual refuge on the Stanford Campus. Designed by architecture firm Aidlin Darling Design, landscape architecture by Andrea Cochran, construction supervision by SC Builders. Image © Matthew Millman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1418870556727-R83RMLCD648D1MFO07JL/RammedEarthWorks-Caterpillar-House-1-1500x1126.jpg Legacy - Carmel Valley Residence - Caterpillar House - Pour In Place Feldman Architecture’s multiple award winning “Caterpillar House” in the Santa Lucia Preserve, Carmel Valley, California, built by Brian Groza Construction. Excavated earth was repurposed for the construction of the walls. These rammed earth walls gently curve in response to the site's contours and also act as a thermal mass, regulating temperatures from day to night. Image © Joe Fletcher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1444340155675-QUIX4C1VLED1ZE8JABWC/Sustainable-Rammed-Earth-Block-Residence-1-529.jpg Legacy - Sustainable Sonoma Rammed Earth Block Residence Miles off the highway, nearly to the end of a one way road, David Arkin and Anni Tilt’s design for this sustainable private residence combines rammed earth Watershed Block, straw bale, and reclaimed redwood. The weight of the Watershed Block base, in some locations serving as retaining walls, creates both a structural and visual anchor to the lighter straw and wood components. The rammed earth block veneer on the gunite walls of the lap pool rise directly from the ground. Image © Ed Caldwell   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1415207243596-W1HPF8QZ5DGAD3M956P5/RammedEarthBlock-1-1500x1000.jpg Legacy - Modern Napa Rammed Earth Block Residence Napa, California home built entirely of low cement rammed earth Watershed Block, designed by Juliet Hsu, Architect. The view from the backyard shows the transparent living room and redwood deck that bridge the watercourse between two volumes of block anchored eight feet into the earth. Image © Mark Luthringer https://www.rammedearthworks.com/contact-us daily 0.75 2023-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1415223288425-8XM1RXMAEU4ZJ57NLBPI/image-asset.jpeg Contact Rammed Earth Works based in Napa, California The portioning of clay, sand, and gravel in the mix design, as well as the depth of the individual layers, contribute to the final appearance of the finished rammed earth wall. https://www.rammedearthworks.com/about-us daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/1454541686328-UNMLHALADH3VT03TY916/image-asset.jpeg About Rammed Earth Works Rammed Earth Works specializes in factory made pre-cast rammed earth panels that can be made in custom sizes and colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542967bee4b08f7343ca4e09/086966c4-9fd4-4bce-b18f-2c9ed187dd30/Panel+Example+1.jpg About Rammed Earth Works - Make it stand out Panels can be made in a variety of colors ranging from standard to specialty. 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