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SIREWALL® and Rammed Earth in the News

SIREWALL® and rammed earth stories have mainstream appeal:

AZURE Magazine: "Earthly Powers", November/December 2006

Building Green TV – Rammed Earth Homes With SIREWALLs from Terra Firma Builders Ltd., August 2007

Calgary Herald – Homes Borne From Bountiful Earth, November 2007

Canadian Architect Magazine: "Earth and Sky" – NK'Mip Desert Cultural Centre, March 2007

Canadian Architect Magazine: "NK'Mip Desert Cultural Centre – RAIC Awards-Innovation in Architecture", May 2007

Canadian Homes and Cottages Magazine, August 2007

Cottage Magazine: "Building a Sustainable Future", November/December 2005, "Rammed ". January/February 2005

En Route Magazine: The Home Issue, May 2004

Globe and Mail – Building green – If I can do it, anyone can, March 2007

Harrowsmith Magazine: "Rammifications, Soil as a Building Material", June 2005

Open Magazine – Earthly Creations, September 2007

Pinedale Online – Phase II Sublette County Library features Rammed Earth Walls, November 2007

The Nature of Things with David Suzuki: "Build Green" episode. CBC TV, June 2007

Western Living Magazine: "Back to the Earth", October 2005

Award-Winning SIREWALL® Designs

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Award for Innovation in Architecture 2007

Canadian Home Builders Association (CHBA) Gold Georgie: Best Environmental Consideration and Energy Efficiency - 2003

CHBA Gold Georgie for Best Single Family Detached Home - 2 - 2,999 sq ft 2003

CHBA People's Choice Award 2003

CHBA Environmental Achievement CARE Award 2003

Western Living Residential Design Award 2003

CHBA National Silver SAM Award - Best Single Detached Home over 2,200 sq.ft.

CHBA BC Best Builder in BC 2000

CHBA BC Best Kitchen 2000

CHBA BC Best Interior 2000

CHBA BC Outstanding Consideration of Environmental Awareness 2000

13 Regional CHBA Vancouver Island Awards