The Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library has been designed to use locally sourced compressed mud in the form of a rammed earth facade. Photo: AFP
Winner of the 27th Annual Crystal Award at the Davos World Economic Forum, Ghanaian-British architect Sir David Adjaye Obe, has designed a surprising project: a library built partially with mud.
The library will make use of locally sourced compressed mud to make a rammed earth facade. Less energy intensive and less costly than concrete, rammed earth has been used for centuries to make buildings, before largely falling out of use.
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