Building with Earth: Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture

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This small ecological resort lies 100 m off
the ocean on the Eyre Peninsula, 1000 km
west of Adelaide in a desert climate. It
provides seven bedrooms, a store and an
entertainment area for tourists, who may
go for swim with sea lions and dolphins.
The walls of this resort, as well as the
columns, retaining walls and signs, were
built of rammed earth from local soil sta-
bilised by 6 % of cement.

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Tourist resort at Baird Bay, Eyre

Peninsula, South Australia

Architect: George Grayton, Perth, Australia
Builder: Ramtec, Perth, Australia
Completion: 2005
Area: 700 m^2
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