Short, but nice article on double brick housing in WA. It’ll be interesting to see how the home construction industry here changes in the coming decades.
Maybe. I haven’t heard of rammed earth keeping a house hot. I’m guessing that’s the cavity in the middle holding hot air.
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It’s mass that holds heat. Rammed earth is great if you don’t let it get too hot (so needs shading), or if it’s insulated (the best way).
For almost all of Australia bar the tropical north, the best construction is insulated mass - ie cladding (lightweight or not), then a cavity, then loads of insulation and a Vapor membrane, then masonry.
