A geological palette of rammed earth, local stone and terracotta tiles reflects the rugged, rocky character of the nearby Deccan Plateau at this home in South India, designed by local architecture studio Iki Builds. More about Iki Builds uses local stone and earth for "cascading" vaulted home in India
Sand sourced from four different regions creates a "geological canvas" of coloured and textured strata in the rammed-earth walls of this home in India, designed by Ahmedabad studio Hiren Patel Architects + Design. More about Rammed-earth walls enclose A House Born of Four Soils in India
Danish studio BIG has completed its first buildings in Japan, creating a trio of rammed-earth villas on the remote island of Sagishima for hotelier Not A Hotel. More about BIG uses rammed earth to create trio of luxury villas in Japan
Unstabilised rammed earth forms the walls of a country house designed by Tuckey Design Studio in Wiltshire, England, revealed here in an exclusive video by photographer Jim Stephenson. More about Video reveals process behind Rammed Earth House by Tuckey Design Studio
Earthen walls and exterior fins evoking a cactus's skeleton were used by US studio Kendle Design Collaborative to tie the Desert Fairway Residence in Arizona to its natural setting. More about Rammed earth adds natural quality to Arizona home by Kendle Design Collaborative
London studio Niall McLaughlin Architects has released visuals of The Museum of Jesus' Baptism in Jordan, which will be constructed using local skills and materials, including rammed earth and stone. More about Niall McLaughlin designs museum to tell "story of baptism" in Jordan
Local architecture studio Anomaly has designed the Apex co-working space with textured materials including leather, timber and a bespoke rammed-earth welcome desk. More about Anomaly avoids "overly formal" interiors in London co-working space
Four-metre-high rammed-earth walls frame the plot of Backyard Community Club in Accra, Ghana, completed by local studio DeRoche Projects. More about DeRoche Projects encloses Accra tennis court with rammed-earth walls
Berlin-based studio Kéré Architecture has unveiled plans for an art and photography museum in Germany, which will feature an 80-metre-long rammed-earth wall and a timber pergola. More about Timber museum to be Kéré Architecture's first cultural project in Germany
Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia have created a building material where rammed earth is encased in permanent cardboard formwork, eliminating the need for cement. More about RMIT researchers reimagine rammed earth by encasing it in cardboard tubes
Patterned walls of rammed-earth bricks and carpentry in local hardwoods celebrate "ancestral materials and methods" at the African Flow School, a kindergarten in Cameroon designed by Barcelona-based architecture studio Urbanitree. More about Urbanitree uses local materials and construction methods for African Flow School in Cameroon
Brussels-based architecture studio Hé! has updated a traditional Flemish home in Belgium, inserting a glazed timber and metal volume to form a "new living space" on its upper floor. More about Hé replaces traditional roof of Flemish home with glazed winter garden in Belgium
Irish practice Fuinneamh Workshop Architects has completed an events space for the Tramore Valley Park in Cork, creating a "deliberately rudimentary" shelter of rammed earth, timber and thatch. More about Fuinneamh Workshop Architects adds rammed-earth shelter to Irish park
As part of our Building with Cob series, we've put together an overview of cob and other traditional earthen building materials used around the world, including adobe and rammed earth. More about Dezeen's guide to traditional earthen building materials
As the Venice Architecture Biennale continues, we spotlight five country pavilions that reframe soil as a material of the future. More about Five pavilions championing soil at the Venice Architecture Biennale
The future potential of earth as a building material was the focus of this year' soil-rich Morocco pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Morocco rethinks earthen architecture in Venice pavilion
Australia's first all-Indigenous curatorial team at the Venice Architecture Biennale brought a distinctly Aboriginal design approach to its pavilion, a calming and inclusive space focused on the theme of Home. More about Australia's first all-Indigenous Venice team aims to avoid "false sense of Australiana"
From India to South Africa, our latest lookbook collects living rooms that showcase the diversity in colour and texture of rammed-earth walls. More about Eight living areas that make a feature of exposed rammed-earth walls
Thick walls of rammed-earth and large, exposed terraces show contrasts between "shelter and openness" at this coastal guesthouse in Mexico, which has been completed by architecture studio PPAA. More about PPAA designs rammed-earth guesthouse in Mexico to "blend seamlessly with the terrain"
We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with the Anandaloy centre in Bangladesh by Studio Anna Heringer, a pioneering project for the revival of mud construction in contemporary architecture. More about Anna Heringer's Anandaloy was the most significant building of 2020