A Rammed-Earth Home in Texas Echoes the Landscape in Mesmerizing Fashion

The ombré hues of this earthen ranch house are taken directly from Texas Hill Country.

Aug 27, 2020 - 23:34
A Rammed-Earth Home in Texas Echoes the Landscape in Mesmerizing Fashion

The ombré hues of this earthen ranch house are taken directly from Texas Hill Country.

The house is surrounded with rammed-earth walls, built by Austin construction services company Enabler via an ancient construction method that requires mixing, tamping, and creating a structure from the land itself.

Many residential designs reference the surrounding landscape, but River Ranch by Jobe Corral Architects is literally made from the surrounding landscape. 

The house is surrounded with rammed-earth walls, built by Austin construction services company Enabler via an ancient construction method that requires mixing, tamping, and creating a structure from the land itself.
On the north side, you’ll find the lap pool—which runs 10 feet deep to accommodate one of the homeowners, who insists on entering the pool with a dive every time.

"Looking at the land itself, that’s where the idea of rammed earth came in," explains principal Ada Corral of this 3,592-square-foot home in Texas’s rugged Hill Country, which features a striking outer wall made from compacted layers of soil and clay. "The very first thing we found out was how much the homeowners loved the land. It’s harsh, and it’s beautiful." 

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