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Rammed earth mosque with a layered conical minaret at Al Kaaban Resort, Qatar, at dusk
Our work — Qatar

Al Kaaban Resort

Guest buildings, a mosque and its minaret, and the boundary walls — all rammed in lifts on site. Earth compacted between forms until it became the building.

Al Kaaban Resort — the mosque at dusk. Photography: Earth Layers

Location Qatar
Sector Hospitality
System In-situ rammed earth
Scope Guest buildings, mosque, boundary walls
Rammed earth mosque at Al Kaaban Resort with a layered conical minaret glowing from warm interior lighting at dusk.
The mosque — minaret rammed in lifts, like the walls. Photography: Earth Layers
Completed rammed earth guest building with layered strata walls, Al Kaaban Resort
Guest building and bamboo pergola. Photography: Earth Layers
Sandy beige tamped rammed earth layers with ridged texture, Al Kaaban Resort
Corner detail — the tamped lifts read as strata. Photography: Earth Layers
Rammed earth buildings with stepped parapets under construction at Al Kaaban Resort, Qatar
Two guest buildings nearing completion. Photography: Earth Layers
Aerial view of the rammed earth buildings under construction at Al Kaaban Resort, Qatar
The site from the air. Photography: Earth Layers

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Rammed Earth In-situ
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In-situ rammed earth — guest buildings, mosque and boundary walls, compacted in lifts on site

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