Rammed earth is almost as ancient as architecture itself. This construction technique compresses locally available natural raw materials like dirt, clay, chalk, lime, and gravel between flat panels ...

David Adjaye, the architect, usually makes buildings for people to live in and to use. That’s what an architect does. Recently, though, he dropped by the Gagosian gallery on Twenty-fourth Street to ...

Rammed earth is the descendant of ancient construction techniques like adobe or cob building. It can be used to build walls for many kinds of buildings, from houses to museums and even cemeteries. The ...