AV Proyectos 127 explores earthen construction, a technique recovered in projects like those of Boltshauser Architekten, Studio Mumbai, Assemble or Peris+Toral, among other studios included in this dossier that shows how tradition and innovation can intertwine to explore different types, scales, and ways of dwelling. This approach is broadened with the perspectives of architect Anna Heringer and rammed earth expert Martin Rauch, discussed during a conversation on the capacity of this material to generate spaces with a huge social impact and respect for the environment. Furthermore, the Barcelona-based studio TAKK works on new forms of domesticity to address the different natural and seasonal rhythms from an economy of means. Aside from the usual news and products sections, the issue features a piece on the Shanghai Opera House by the Norwegian office Snøhetta, which takes material and formal experimentation to a monumental scale, and closes with Luis Fernández-Galiano’s review of the book Machine à Amuser, a historic and graphic account of the Parisian penthouse that Le Corbusier designed for Carlos de Beistegui.

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