Building with earth is more than possible. It is practical, sustainable and necessary for a greener future. But to transform the sustainability of the construction sector, we need to break through ...

The large, technically sophisticated and dramatic earthen defensive buildings, built between the 13th and 20th centuries, in their highly sensitive setting in fertile mountain valleys, are an ...

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The ksar, a group of earthen buildings surrounded by high walls, is a traditional pre-Saharan habitat. The houses crowd together within the defensive walls, which are reinforced by corner towers.

They primarily use rammed earth—which, for the unfamiliar, is exactly what it sounds like: tightly compacted soils, sometimes ...

A sample from Bennu will return to Earth after a yearslong voyage and land in the Utah desert on Sunday Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.