Movements

Earthen Vernacular

Family: Vernacular · Approx. span: -9000–ongoing

Rammed earth, adobe brick and mud plaster are built up by hand from whatever soil lies underfoot, giving thick walls that store heat by day and release it by night.

Architects

Al-Aqib ibn Mahmud ibn Umar
Babban Gwani
Ismaila Traoré
Ayuba
'Awad Salman 'Afif al-Tarimi

Buildings

Sankoré Madrasa
Wikidata Q1265294 · Commons: File:Sankore Mosque in Timbuktu.jpg · Photo: upyernoz · Licence: CC BY 2.0
Zaria Friday Mosque
No Wikidata item · Commons: File:Zaria Friday Mosque.jpg · Photo: DipoTayo · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Great Mosque of Djenné
Wikidata Q683632 · Commons: File:Djenne great mud mosque.jpg · Photo: Ruud Zwart · Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Larabanga Mosque
Wikidata Q490898 · Commons: File:Larabanga_Mosque.jpg · Photo: Sathyan Velumani · Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Al-Muhdhar Mosque Minaret
Wikidata Q10951815 · Commons: File:Minaret Al Muhdhar Mosque Tarim Yemen.jpg · Photo: Jialiang Gao www.peace-on-earth.org · Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0