Machua Appa had no need to look twice at the clearing to see what had been done there, or to scratch with his toe in the packed,
rammed earth.
Sana'a's many-storeyed tower-houses built of
rammed earth. Sana'a city in Yemen is one of the oldest cities in the worlds, which has different forms of building built with different types of materials.
It is protected from the sun's rays by tinted glazing featuring coating technology developed to filter out the radiation and
rammed earth walls, designed to protect from the cold as well as cosmic rays.
There were
rammed earth walls, acres of planting through pebble, shrubs with sculptural stems and main avenue show gardens that stuck firmly to the Chelsea symmetrical formula - designs which seemed solely aimed at pleasing judges.
They included a
rammed earth wall indoors to maximise the use of the heat from the sun and aid natural ventilation.
Dynamic Performance Test of Adobe and
Rammed Earth. The Gaochang Ruins wall body (Figure 7) is mainly built by
rammed earth.
Among the remaining earth structures in Estonia, one can find
rammed earth, adobe and cob technique based structures, which are common in Western Europe, but primarily a technique characteristic to local areas.
The simplest construction has walls of
rammed earth with bricks lining the interior to increase the structure's stability.
Floors would be made from
rammed earth, polished and hardened with linseed oil, and the structure from round timber poles, using wood grown, felled, prepared and sawn by Simon.
The combination of thick
rammed earth walls, light steel structure and high performance glazing creates an environmentally sensitive modern home that will help set the standard for residences at ASCAYA.