Here and there, faint thumpings drift from earthen buildings.

He entered an earthen building, the second largest.

Typically, earthen buildings are found in areas where the climate is dry and arid.

Initially, a cluster of earthen walled buildings, the farm evolved over the centuries into one large building, with several small rooms, all under one roof.

Crossing the market, she wandered into a side street with its earthen buildings all orange in the momentary glow.

Shrapnel-torn earthen buildings from the village sit surrounded by the detritus of war: burned out tanks, bullet casings and shell fragments.

Could all this lead to a real worldwide movement toward earthen buildings?

Despite its wet climate, even England had an extensive tradition of earthen buildings before the cement era destroyed it.

Later, we visit the earthen buildings where my grandmother lived, and where my father grew up, which are about a 15-minute walk apart.

The original design of these earthen buildings had already evolved to contain elements of earthquake resistance before the damage in 1975.