Earth Architecture

Our groundbreaking survey Earth Architecture is now available in a paperback edition.

Author Ronald Rael, founder of EarthArchitecture.org provides a history of building with earth in the modern era, focusing particularly on projects constructed in the last few decades that use rammed earth, mud brick, compressed earth, cob, and several other interesting techniques.

Earth Architecture presents a selection of more than forty projects that exemplify new, creative uses of the oldest building material on the planet.

With more than three hundred images, Earth Architecture showcases the beauty and simplicity of one of humankind's most evolved and sophisticated building technologies.