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
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
N’Gaparou, Senegal, Africa
- Client: Rowland family
- Architects: Atelier KOE
- Earthen company: Atelier KOE
- Techniques: Compressed earth blocks (CEB), rammed earth
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
Peyrolles-en-Provence, France, Europe
- Client: Association Touraterre
- Design: Les ateliers Touraterre
- Earthen construction: Village residents, APTE
- Technique: Lightened earth
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
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
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
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, 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
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
Ancash, Peru, South America
- Client: Agricola Huarmey
- Architects: Tatiana Gonzalez Algaba and Ricardo Florez Rivas
- Earthen company: Très Huacas Sac
- Technique: Adobe
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
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
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
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 »
Tokyo, Japan, Asia
- Client: Tono Mirai
- Architects: Tono Mirai Architects
- Earthen construction: Matsumoto Sakan, Motoi Matsumoto
- Technique: Wattle and daub
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
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
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
Leh, India, Asia
- Client: Sonam Dorje (Soso)
- Architects: Sonam Wangchuk et Nilakshi Joshi
- Earthen company: 3rd Pole Constructions
- Technique: Rammed earth