The Cobtun House, Worcestershire, built of mud, straw and corrugated iron, and designed by Associated Architects, has scooped this year’s Royal Institute of British Architects Sustainability Award.
Earthen architecture in Iran and Central Asia Conference
Earthen architecture in Iran and Central Asia: its conservation, management, and relevance to contemporary society, a celebration of the life and work of Robert Byron, will be held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 12-13th November 2005. The aim of the conference is to bring together individuals involved in the conservation and management of the archaeological and architectural legacy of earthen architecture in Iran and Central Asia, to discuss current approaches, practical applications, new projects and the impact of work on local communities and contemporary society.
IV SIACOT / III SEMIN¡RIO
O 4? Seminário Ibero-Americano de Construção com Terra e 3? Seminário de Arquitectura de Terra em Portugal, Convento da Orada, Monsaraz, Portugal, 7 > 12 Outubro 2005, reunirá mais de 300 especialistas na área, e terá como principais objectivos: contribuir para a melhoria na qualidade de construção e protecção do património; preparar mais adequadamente técnicos nacionais, regionais e locais a intervirem com maior conhecimento e responsabilidade no património em terra urbano e rural, assim como em áreas protegidas; aprofundar a investigação, logo contribuir para um desenvolvimento local mais sustentável, por meio de um maior conhecimento da conservação do património, da difusão de arquitectura contempor‚nea utilizando materiais tradicionais, da utilização de materiais com maior eficiÍncia energética, assim como de estratégias para formação local, com maior integração social.
Modern Earth Building 2005
The Modern Earth Building 2005 International Conference, to be held November 18 to 20 in Berlin Germany, has released the conference schedule. [ download ]
Rammed Earth at the Center for Alternative Technology
One of the largest environmental projects in the UK, with a lecture theatre’s walls built out of soil, has begun in mid Wales at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT).
Andy Goldsworthy’s Clay Wall
British environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy’s Clay Wall at the at the Ingleby Gallery 1998, Curve Gallery 1996-2000 and at Galerie Lelong 2000
In Situ
In Situ is a U.K. based rammed earth company devoted to rammed earth construction, consultancy and research.
Vigilius Mountain Hotel
The Vigilius Mountain Hotel, designed by Matteo Thun, have guest rooms that have prefabricated rammed earth partition screens in each room that contain heating elements that retain and radiate heat in to the room. [Read] [Pics]
Adobe Towns
“Adobe Towns” series of 3 films first screened at the LEHM 2004 in Leipzig last year can soon be seen on TV on the French/German/Swiss channel “arte” and the German channel “Sudwest fernsehen”. More information about the films can be read here: http://www.filmquadrat.de/gb/adobetowns.htm
Title:
1. Adobe Towns: Djenné – City on the edge of the desert
2. Adobe Towns: Shibam – Chicago of the desert
3. Adobe Towns: Yazd – Desert Oasis in Iran
Djenné
14.03.2005, 19.00 on ARTE
22.05.2005, 17.15 on SUDWEST Fernsehen
Yazd
15.03.2005, 19.00 on ARTE
29.05.2005, 17.15 on SUDWEST Fernsehen
Shibam
16.03.2005, 19.00 on ARTE
12.06.2005, 17.15 on SUDWEST Fernsehen
Authors/Directors:
Djenné, Yazd: Thomas Wartmann
Shibam: Stefan Tolz
Production: Filmquadrat 2004
Historical Earth Architecture at Durham
The University of Durham School of Engineering is examining investigative techniques and the structural behavior of Rammed Earth. They aim to combine knowlege of Structural Mechanics with numerical and Computer modelling, with work on soil mechanics, to help preserve Earthen Architecture.