A Casa em Arruda Dos Vinhos

Architects PlanoB from Portugal have completed an innovative house called A Casa em Arruda Dos Vinhos, which employs a hybrid earthen wall system that combines elements of rammed earth, cob and wattle and daub.
 
The project is a reconstruction of an existing ruin in an environmental protection area. This forced the architects to maintain the position, height and use (storage) of the previous building. They proposed to rebuild the house using the original materials—wood, stone and earth— in a different way.