© Justin Alexander
Architects: Luigi Rosselli
Location: Sydney, Australia
Project Architects: Candace Christensen, Patrick Bless, James Horler, Sean Johnson
Landscaper: Terragram, Vladimir Sitta
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Justin Alexander
© Drew Gregory
Architects: assemblageSTUDIO
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Landscape architect: Attanasio Landscape Architecture
Project area: 8,000 sq. f.t
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Drew Gregory
© Kiến Việt
Architects: Hoàng Thúc Hào, Nguyễn Duy Thanh
Architects and invester: 1+1>2 Group
Location: Suoi Re village, Luong Son, Hoa Binh province, Vietnam
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Kiến Việt
© Jean Luc Laloux
Architects: Wood/Marsh Pty Ltd Architecture
Location: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
Structural Engineers: John Gardner
Services: NES
Project Area: 650 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Jean Luc Laloux, David Goss
Courtesy of Simon De Aguero
Brittlebush was developed as a design-build experience for Simón De Agüero, graduate student, designer, and project manager. The design is an experimental desert dwelling for winter residents at Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. Simón envisioned the design to be an open-air living space with protective roof and walls for the sleeping area.
Approximately 90% of the steel in the project was salvaged from the school scrap yard; 100% of the rammed earth for the walls was from the school property; 100% of the wood used for the formwork was salvaged from onsite renovation waste.
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Architect: Simon De Aguero
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Assistant Project Manager: Erik Krautbauer
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Simon de Aguero & Saskia Jorda
© Earl Carter
Architects: Wood/Marsh Pty Ltd Architecture
Location: Red Hill, Victoria, Australia
Structural Engineers: Arup
Services: Irwin Consult
Building Surveyors: McKenzie Group
Builder: Ian Fleming
Project Area: 3,880 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Earl Carter
The Tidal Resonance Chamber, designed by Robert Horner is an experiment between human perception and nature; it also serves as conduit for the development of sustainable construction techniques. The Tidal Resonance Chamber provides a harbor for the contemplation and reflection on the manner in which human beings have utilized and manipulated the natural environment.
© Pascual Gangotena
Architect: al bordE / Pascual Gangotena
Location: Machachi, Ecuador
Client: Iñigo Salvador
Technical Advisor: Bolívar Romero, Rammed Earth Specialist
Builder: al bordE, Pascual Gangotena & Miguel Ramos
Infographics: al bordE, David Barragán & Esteban Benavides
Constructed Area: 61.95 sqm
Design Year: 2006
Building Year: 2007
Photographs: Pascual Gangotena & Iñigo Salvador
© Wooseop Hwang
Architect: Byoungsoo Cho
Location: Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Project Team: Hongjoon Yang, Woohyun Kang, Taehyun Nam, Nicholas Locke, Yongjun Cho
Rammed Earth Consultant: Keunsik Shin
Geothermal: REHAU AG +Co.
Contractor: CPLUS International Co. Ltd.
Site area: 660.00 sqm
Gross floor area: 32.49 sqm
Total floor area: 32.49 sqm
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Wooseop Hwang, Yong Gwan Kim
© Kurt Hoerbst
Architects: Anna Heringer & Eike Roswag
Location: Rudrapur, Dinajpur district, Bangladesh
Structural Engineering: Ziegert
Roswag
Seiler
Architekten
Ingenieure
Bürogemeinschaft
Construction: Dipshikha / METI
(Modern
Education
and
Trainig
Institute)
with
local
labourers
and
own
training
workshop
Footprint Area: 275 sqm
Floor Area: 325 sqm
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Kurt Hoerbst
© Raed Gindeya
Architects: al bordE – David Barragán y Pascual Gangotena
Location: Tumbaco, Quito, Ecuador
Client: Sra. Carla Flor
Technical Advisor: Arq. Bolívar Romero, Rammed Earth specialist
Contractor: Sr. Miguel Ramos
Site area: 5.000 sqm
Constructed area: 180 sqm
Project year: 2007
Construction year: 2007–2008
Photographs: Raed Gindeya, Pascual Gangotena, David Barragán
Architect: Nicholas Burns
Location: Johanna beach, Victoria, Australia
Contractor: BDH constructions
Landscape: Indigenous Species
Materials: Rammed earth, Concrete, Steel, Glass
Design year: 2005-2006
Project year: 2007-2008
Photographs: Nicholas Burns
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