SIREWALL and Rammed Earth in the News

SIREWALL and rammed earth stories have mainstream appeal:

• Design Exchange Magazine - From Antiquity to Sustainability: the reemergence of Rammed Earth
• DWELL Magazine, First Class Cabins
• 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

Past Media Coverage

• 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