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SIREWALL in the News
Recent SIREWALL and rammed earth stories:
- World Architecture News - Insulated Rammed Earth company releases video with shocking stats on construction
- Forbes Magazine - Two Hours And A World Away From Europe’s Crisis and Shanghai (features buildings designed with A00 and constructed with SIREWALL China)
- Inhabitat – Stabilized Insulated Rammed Earth Walls Last a Lifetime Without Maintenance
- Green Prophet – Why We Need an Earth Architecture Revolution
- BC Local News – Green Building: SIREWALL Recognized for Innovation
- Cool Green Magazine – Stabilized Insulated Rammed Earth Walls Last a Lifetime Without Maintenance
- Gulf Islands Driftwood – Green Building – SIREWALL Recognized for Innovation
- Robb Report – Now and Zen
- Vancouver Sun – Rammed earth walls earn firm top awards
- Globe & Mail – Out there: VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre
- Green Muse – Canada’s Living Building (VanDusen Gardens feature SIREWALL rammed earth)
- Design Exchange Magazine - From Antiquity to Sustainability: the reemergence of Rammed Earth
- DWELL Magazine, First Class Cabins
Archives
- Green Living Online, Made in Canada – Eco successes from north of the 49th parallel
- MSN Green, Earth Works: SIREWALL
- Planet Green, Rammed Earth Building Guide
- SIREWALL and Terra Firma Builders Category Winners at 2009 CARE Awards
- 2009 CARE Awards Finalists
- Green Log Awards
- GIGABASE (Green Ideas, Green Action)
- Materialicious
- Pinedale Online: “Pinedale Library Addition Grand Opening”, May 2009
- Gulf Islands Driftwoods: “Rammed Earth Courses: ‘deep green conversation’”, April 2009
- Earthtoys EMagazine: “Capturing Energy with Thermal Mass”, March 2009
- Home Makeover Magazine (Business in Vancouver): “Green & Gritty”, April 2008
- Building Green TV – Rammed Earth Homes With SIREWALLS from Terra Firma Builders Ltd.
- Calgary Herald – Homes Borne From Bountiful Earth
- 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”, Nov/Dec 2005, “Rammed earth healthy home- out of the earth”. Jan/Feb 2005
- En Route Magazine: The Home Issue, May 2004
- Globe and Mail – Building green – if I can do it, anyone can
- Harrowsmith Magazine: “Rammifications, Soil as a Building Material”, June 2005
- Open Magazine – Earthly Creations
- Pinedale Online – Phase II Sublette County Library features Rammed Earth Walls
- The Nature of Things with David Suzuki: “Build Green” episode. CBC TV, June 2007
Award-Winning SIREWALL Projects
- Category winner, World Architecture Festival 2008 for Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre
- 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
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