rammed earth construction
1Rammed earth — The ruins of a Han Dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE) Chinese watchtower made of rammed earth at Dunhuang, Gansu province, at the eastern end of the Silk Road …
2rammed earth — noun A construction material made by compressing or packing earth (dirt) …
3Rammed Earth — A construction material made by compressing earth in a form; used traditionally in many areas of the world and widely throughout North Africa and the Middle East …
4Earth sheltering — is the architectural practice of using earth against building walls for external thermal mass, to reduce heat loss, and to easily maintain a steady indoor air temperature. Earth sheltering is popular in modern times among advocates of passive… …
5Earthbag construction — is a very inexpensive method of construction that is very strong and can be built very quickly. It is a natural building technique that has evolved from historic military bunker construction techniques, and temporary flood control dike building… …
6Compressed earth block — Building a CEB project in Midland, Texas in August 2006 Compressed Earth Block often referred to simply as CEB, is a type of manufactured construction material formed in a mechanical press that forms an appropriate mix of dirt, non expansive clay …
7List of construction topics — NOTOC A* Abated * Acoustics * Air conditioning * Architectural engineer * Architecture * Autonomous buildings * Avanti (programme)B*Balloon framing *Braced wall line (shear wall) *Brick *Bricklayer *Brickwork *Building code *Building construction …
8Nikolay Lvov — Portrait by Dmitry Levitzky, 1770s Born May 4, 1753[1] Cherenchitsy, near Torzhok …
9Cook stove — Stove manufacture in Senegal. In cooking, a cook stove is a very basic stove heated by burning wood, charcoal, animal dung or crop residue. Cook stoves are the most common way of cooking and heating food in developing countries. Developing… …
10Chinese architecture — Diagram of corbel wood bracket supports ( Dougong ) holding up a multi inclined roof, from the architectural treatise Yingzao Fashi (1103 AD) Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken shape in East Asia over many… …
