Building with earth - Gernot MINKE (1)

Honey House at Moab, Utah, USA
This country house was built from earthfilled
rammed tubes or sacks. The thickness
of the walls is 50 cm, and the diameter of
the interior space is 3 m. Forty tons of earth
were used in all.
The exterior surfaces are covered with
straw-loam plastering, and the edges of
the openings and the pedestal with loam
plastering. Inner surfaces were plastered
with loam.
Design and construction: Kaki Hunter, Donald
Kiffmeyer, Moab, UT, USA
Completion: 1998
Area: 11 m 2
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