The Rammed Earth House

The Rammed Earth House by David Easton. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780930031794.

Humans have been using earth as a primary building material for more than ten thousand years. Rammed earth, as practiced today, involves tamping a mixture of earth, water, and a little cement into wooden forms to create thick, sturdy masonry walls. Earthbuilt homes offer their inhabitants a powerful sense of security and well-being and have a permanence and solidity altogether lacking in so many of todays modular, pre-fab houses.