Morning Dove is a model of 21st-century desert architecture set in Twentynine Palms, California. There are two structures, a main house, and a guest house, both featuring rammed earth construction. Soil from the property, which is mostly granite, was mixed with colored mortars. The mixture was then poured into forms and compacted by a tamper. … Read more
There is a Catalonian park in Spain that is home to a 3D Printed Earth Forest Campus, featuring a series of architectural structures printed from earth. The campus is the work of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, which has leveraged WASP’s large-format 3D printing technology to print these buildings. Their latest structure features … Read more
Deep in the remote mountainous wilderness of Montana you can find this remarkable structure known as the Sage Wall. This imposing megalithic wonder is composed of massive polygonal granite stone blocks intricately stacked and aligned in a perfectly straight line. The Sage Wall’s unique features set it apart from the natural geological formations commonly found … Read more
Wood is inherently imprecise. Its grain reverses and swirls. Trauma and disease manifest in scars and knots. Instead of viewing these natural tendencies as liabilities, Achim Menges, an architect and professor at the University of Stuttgart in Germany, sees them as wood’s greatest assets. Menges and his team at the Institute for Computational Design and … Read more
Kirsty and Mark purchased a 170-year-old colonial cottage, known as Longview, near Adelaide, Australia that was slowly being reclaimed by thickets of blackberries. Their plan was to restore the cottage to save the history of the building, and also give their family of five a little more room. Their aim was to do an authentic restoration, … Read more
VV House in Brazil harmonizes with its natural surroundings through thoughtful design and the use of local materials such as Barbalha stone and rammed earth. The house is divided into four structures connected by external pathways. The layout includes a social block, the couple’s suite, a guest suite, and an open space for storing a … Read more