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Rammed Earth House in Wiltshire, UK by Tuckey Design Studio

Tuckey Design Studio’s generous Wiltshire home offers lessons for building with unstabilised rammed earth in a temperate maritime climate

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Border lifeline: Hway Ka Loke School in Mae Sot, Thailand, by Simple Architecture

In the turbulent borderlands between Thailand and Myanmar, a new school building for displaced children hopes to instil a sense of rootedness

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Healthcare on the frontier: District hospital in Burtinle, Somalia, by Architectural Pioneering Consultants
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Flight and refuge: Community centre and housing prototypes in Bersive and Chamishku camps, Iraq, by Insitu Project, ABCD Collaborative and Vide Terra
A small-scale building with a pitched roof, wooden frame and polycarbonate walls surrounded by old, crumbling rammed earth walls

Project Plum Grove in Mui Tsz Lam, Hong Kong by Thomas Chung with the CUHK School of Architecture
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Château de Beaucastel in Châteauneuf‑du‑Pape, France, by Studio Mumbai and Studio Méditerranée
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Outside the box: Waldorf school campus in Nairobi, Kenya, by Urko Sánchez Architects
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Portfolio: Sara Alissa and Nojoud Alsudairi, Syn Architects
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Déchelette Architecture, France
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Geology of the anthropocene: Château de Beaucastel winery in Châteauneuf‑du‑Pape, France, by Studio Mumbai and Studio Méditerranée
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