Honorable mentions


Early 2016, the preselection jury has shortlisted 40 buildings as TERRA Award finalists among 357 registered submissions. 

In addition to nominating the 40 finalists, the nine jury members have decided to award 20 extra distinctions as well as to pay tribute to five pioneers of contemporary earthen architecture.

Omicron living rooms

Omicron living rooms

Klaus, Austria, Europe

  • Client:  Omicron electronics GmbH
  • Design:  Anna Heringer and Martin Rauch
  • Earthen company:  Lehm Ton Erde Baukunst GmbH, Martin Rauch
  • Technique: Zabour (Cob)
Keur Leah House

Keur Leah House

N’Gaparou, Senegal, Africa

  • Client:  Rowland family
  • Architects:  Atelier KOE
  • Earthen company:  Atelier KOE
  • Techniques: Compressed earth blocks (CEB), rammed earth
Aknaibich’s Kindergarden

Aknaibich’s Kindergarden

Drarga, Morocco, Africa

  • Clients:  Aknaibich community and Foundation Goodplanet
  • Architects:  M.A.M.O.T.H and BC Architects
  • Earthen construction:  masons of the Aknaibich community and 4 mahlems of Skoura
  • Technique: Adobe

Pavilion in Loubatas

Pavilion in Loubatas

Peyrolles-en-Provence, France, Europe

  • Client: Association Touraterre
  • Design: Les ateliers Touraterre
  • Earthen construction: Village residents, APTE
  • Technique: Lightened earth
Estudio Sabinos House

Estudio Sabinos House

Querétaro, Mexico, South America

  • Client: Private
  • Architects: Juan Carlos Loyo, Juan Carlos Loyo Arquitectura
  • Earthen construction : Juan Carlos Loyo Arquitectura
  • Technique: Rammed earth
Jenny Pinto’s Paper Workshop

Jenny Pinto’s Paper Workshop

Bangalore, India, Asia

  • Client: Jenny Pinto
  • Architects: Biome Environmental Solutions Pvt.ltd, Chitra Vishwanath
  • Earthen company: Muralidhar Reddy
  • Technique: Compressed earth blocks (CEB)

Cenciers’s participative housing

Cenciers’s participative housing

Château-Thierry, France, Europe

  • Client: Private
  • Architect: Thierry Bonne
  • Earthen company: Wilfredo Carazas Aedo (earth consultant, A+Terre
  • Technique: Rammed Earth
Lobby of the Capitagreen Tower

Lobby of the Capitagreen Tower

Singapore, Asia

  • Clients: SPC, Capitaland and Mitsubishi Estate
  • Architects: Toyo ITO & Associates
  • Earthen company: Kusumi Sakan Co. Ltd, Naomi Kusumi (Japan)
  • Technique: Earthen plaster
 Research center Mouvement-Sport-Health

Research center Mouvement-Sport-Health, École normale supérieure of Rennes

Bruz, France, Europe

  • Client: Regional Education Authority in Rennes
  • Architects: Atelier d’architecture Yves-Marie Maurer (group’s representative), agence Catherine Proux architectes (associated architects
  • Earthen company: Maison en terre
  • Technique : Rammed earth

School Tipu Sultan Merkez

School Tipu Sultan Merkez

Jar Maulwi, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

  • Client: Tipu Sultan Merkez (contractor, project sponsor)
  • Funding: Verein für Entwicklung, Bildung und Selbsthilfe e. V. ; « Micro-Project-Scheme » of the German Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Architects: Roswag Architekten (design), Ghayyoor Obaid Syed (local architect)
  • Earthen construction: 30 local craftsmen and helpers with the support of Tipu Sultan Merkez and the architects
  • Techniques: Cob, wattle and daub
Agricola Huarmey School

Agricola Huarmey School

Ancash, Peru, South America

  • Client: Agricola Huarmey
  • Architects: Tatiana Gonzalez Algaba and Ricardo Florez Rivas
  • Earthen company: Très Huacas Sac
  • Technique: Adobe
Interpretation Centre

Interpretation Centre

Lima, Peru, South America

  • Clients: Tarii Wasi arquitectos and Tarii Wasi SAC
  • Architects: Tatiana Gonzalez Algaba and Ricardo Florez Rivas
  • Earthen company: Tarii Wasi SAC
  • Technique: Wattle and daub

An entry to the desert

An entry to the desert

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, North America

  • Client: Keith Zawistowski Sr
  • Architects: On Site, Marie and Keith Zawistowski
  • Earthen company: On site
  • Technique: Rammed earth
Huay Pang Meng Temple

Huay Pang Meng Temple

Chiangmai, Thailand, Asia

  • Client: The Supreme Patriarch Secretariat
  • Architects: Dimension Design
  • Earthen company: La terre S.A
  • Technique: Rammed earth
3 houses on Kangaroo Island

3 houses on Kangaroo Island

Willaroo Farmhouse, Ki, Australia, Oceania

  • Clients: Bruce and Jenny Cleland
  • Architects: Troppo Architects
  • Earthen company: Adelaide Rammed Earth
  • Technique: Rammed earth

Mud House « Kanda SU »

Mud House « Kanda SU »

Tokyo, Japan, Asia

  • Client: Tono Mirai
  • Architects: Tono Mirai Architects
  • Earthen construction: Matsumoto Sakan, Motoi Matsumoto
  • Technique: Wattle and daub
Auroville Library

Auroville Library

Tamil Nadu, Inde, Asie

  • Client: Sri Aurobindo International Institute, Educational Research, Auroville Foundation
  • Architects: Auroville Design Consultants
  • Earthen company: Mahasaraswathi Constructions
  • Technique: Rammed earth
Counrty house Lopez Cordero

Counrty house Lopez Cordero

Canar, Ecuador, South America

  • Clients: Margarita Cordero Cueva and Patricio López
  • Architects: Juan Pablo Astudillo Cordero et Diego Proaño
  • Earthen construction: Juan Pablo Astudillo Cordero
  • Technique: Wattle and daub

El Haj Yusuf model school

El Haj Yusuf model school

Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

  • Client: El Haj Yusuf Model School
  • Architect: Adam-Musaab Adam
  • Earthen company: El Fadil Alternative Architecture
  • Technique: Compressed earth blocks (CEB)
Soso House

Soso House

Leh, India, Asia

  • Client: Sonam Dorje (Soso)
  • Architects: Sonam Wangchuk et Nilakshi Joshi
  • Earthen company: 3rd Pole Constructions
  • Technique: Rammed earth