Thick stone, wood and earth homes store heat during the day and release it during the night. The interiors stay cooler, but don't expect any praise from the environmental lobby and the technocrats.

The Ghost Ranch, home of painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) built by hand in 1933, in local adobe and clay mortar by Arthur Pack, conservationist and writer. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b00e6c0ed055d0839aedaf07f36fee30a304bed83dbd6727067beb6c780a2bd2.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/630be25c9ed35c886d45ac18adba5c4d5322af00f145d3ef326948d1d9b07cd0.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/2a5b2463063e7d777fb07fcf4a8e9b2b04b91ea31a52afce0a666f75036d1399.file

Most likely this is two late 14th century townhouses, one in rammed earth and the other in timber frame, with stone facades and slate roofs. In the exceedingly charming medieval town of Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne, France. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/fbeecdb96d966cc05e15f4e9e80071984b6e82d09b784585cddded273d80a94e.file

The 1807 Maison Gueffier is a three story rammed earth building, now a literature center in the middle of La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée, France. Built using materials from the very site. Speed was essential. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4d3826a32e848df754cf3898413c8a41ff1f7d4d9daac0272f322ab96e621dd5.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/3a97a1c456e6449a9e6691d553054fe0953667ca40736468905a85e47a28420a.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/02155c1edbe6080d1f09c0ef3a1733bc184fb7419d631ca487cd7785700abc85.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/104a30882cc6bfa44e8294519aa36693911b046792a8a6fd498ee1110e5626cc.file

Someone please make a Hergé style Tintin album cover with this unusually handsome young man as the hero, and cast the incompetent security managers as the comic sidekick-slash-foil. Also someone alert whoever manages Cordings or Walker Slater that they need to sign him up as their new Instagram influencer. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/bd1df41e39f50c63722ad638e9dc14353ce3bbbe2fe611041f0a212844895bc4.file

RT @MarkusMartis_@twitter.com: Do like @Wrath Of Gnon and read my piece on why conservatives must be revolutionaries. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/445760454a1c4831abdaff63289154fb07c38156efac85b2f58b18df96af98ae.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d7561a5381d6f48c5687dfc8d8145fed85985341b2e08b81699f2c1f96e5128a.file

RT @JustinShubow@twitter.com: An exciting moment for the beautification of America’s roads, bridges, train stations, and other transportation infrastructure. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/658887e0d88801e697449afb9b2df5356713f9e0498a9258b5e2b26a01d232cd.file

“Even if you are living where your forefathers have lived for generations, you can bet that the smartphone you gave your child will unmoor them more effectively than any bulldozer could.” — Against the Machine, Paul Kingsnorth, 2025 https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b144a61c5cf8eabcc23242a6372700e966f11cd6b5eb2d844be8ae3c5156e238.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/9e3e5b332c53eebfdb242a95bc887bbcbaaf95d2993517ad260058df2555747d.file

Built 1600-1610, Château de Vaugirard in Loire, France, is a gorgeous rammed earth construction in the French classic style. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/fc3aab8e36fe26f410265c4b034f4253e65985ad49e67dcc1db590c103b5adab.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ccd373b34fdc0857c15f636a018b3cc12801d593f6291e429289fd7e9ad63d1b.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/7f05342f040c0e11ce56daa00434faab7da5b3c2c34936ddbc1fc46fa0b15d86.file

The main body of the Château de la Bastie d'Urfé in Loire, France, dates to the late 13th century but has been expanded many times since then. The core however is built of rammed earth using soil from the site itself. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/a16d23eed5e53f96e54c925019f7da8448a8d06d487837f9e76827511b2f1321.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/2e29fa2e1b06af2be4be9029db2f46a3ae8dfc90ab3ed31e2953e5a519115396.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d3268224fad7402b8d7e9b85ca99cfd4e1c45711d18d8bab3d9a50d25c70ef8e.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/bacbee536f1908c93d67a59c75043f7bc058216f9012044447ba919123c5926d.file