Just north of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Tim Sullivan has built Timmyland, inspired by the work of Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona, Spain. What started as a sleeping porch and a storage room has evolved into a rambling, otherworldly folly that has to be seen to be believed.

Architecture Research Office (ARO) built this sleek, aluminum-clad chicken coop for a Hamptons backyard, both for the challenge and for "the sheer ridiculousness" of the project.

Architecture Research Office (ARO) built this sleek, aluminum-clad chicken coop for a Hamptons backyard, both for the challenge and for "the sheer ridiculousness" of the project.

I love this rammed earth wall. What a texture

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Rammed earth is an ancient building technique that is ideally suited to a desert climate. Rammed earth walls are built by compacting a soil-cement mixture into a forming system. The final result is a beautifully striated natural wall system. Rammed earth walls are energy efficient, sound buffering, termite and fire resistant, and are a compelling …

Rammed earth wall

Rammed Earth Home

Inducing a sense of relaxation, this seaside home by John Croft Design is perfectly calming.

They will also likely offer a new definition of 'sustainable design'.

Rammed earth is such a beautiful way of building. Thick walls of earth mediate between indoors and out, modulating the temperature and humidity levels. The material is beautiful, too, and solid so it is visible on both the interior and the exterior of a structure. But what about when dealing with this material on a kitchen wall?Rammed earth is probably not a material you want being exposed to the splashes and stains of kitchen uses.

rammed earth and glass

Beautiful rammed earth walls!

Contemporary residence designed by Naikoon Contracting & Kerschbaumer Design situated in North Vancouver, Canada.