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Upcoming Rammed Earth
Workshops
At this home, on the north side of the
Santa Catalina Mountains, elevation 4,600.
Perfect climate for 5 Spring workshops: March 22-24, April 5-7 April 19-21, May 10-12, May 17-19.
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With his loyal crew, Quentin Branch has
been building rammed earth projects for
33 years – from patio walls to highway
sound-barrier retaining walls, and from
guest homes to a 38,000-square-foot television
studio named one of the 18 top architectural
achievements in Arizona.
Branch has built throughout Arizona,
with occasional out-of-state forays. His
work has been featured in innumerable
magazines, including in March 2009,
on the cover and 10 inside pages of Metropolitan
Homes magazine, lauding the first rammed
earth home in Aspen, Colorado.
Branch consults with architects and engineers
world-wide on design and construction
specifications. He sometimes holds workshops
for students and do-it-yourselfers.
To inform us of your needs, please go
here.
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Quentin Branch
Master Rammed Earth
Builder
Founder, Rammed Earth
Solar Homes Inc.
Offering Expertise
in:
- Passive-solar design/build
- Rammed earth wall
construction for homes, businesses, gardens,
art projects.
- Passive-solar-design
and rammed-earth-technical consultation with
architects, engineers and owner-builders.
- Rammit Yourself workshops.
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2001 — 4,000 tons of earth were rammed
into a 38,000-square-foot TV studio. Above the 20’
wide, 16’ tall window, a steel I-beam
and concrete bond beam are hidden in a four-foot-tall
lintel of rammed earth. -- Swaback Partners, Architect
-- Rammed Earth Solar Homes Inc,
Rammed Earth Construction
-- Chanen
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