Deans Marsh House is built for now, and years to come
July 29, 2026
Designed by Tecture, Deans Marsh House is a rammed earth and timber home in rural Victoria, arranged as two pavilions either side of an earthen spine.
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What is rammed earth? A comprehensive guide
July 7, 2026
Rammed earth walls bring high thermal mass, fire resistance and raw beauty. Here is a complete guide to building with earth.
A steeped material – tea earth bricks cover the walls of this store
October 20, 2025
This calm retail interior features a biocomposite brick made by compacting local soil with spent tea leaves using a traditional rammed-earth technique. Pressed rather than fired, the “tea-earth” material turns waste into a tactile architecture – all with lower embodied carbon and a circular end-of-life.
Cardboard rammed earth offers concrete alternative with 75% less carbon
September 22, 2025
Could discarded cardboard become the future of sustainable construction? Researchers at RMIT think so, with a breakthrough that fuses waste and earth into strong, reusable walls.
