Mother Nature has reclaimed a former gravel extraction area in Maasvalley Riverpark, a 2,500-hectare nature reserve straddling the Belgium-Netherlands border. To help visitors fully experience the revitalized area, De Gouden Liniaal Architecten designed a small observation tower that blends into the landscape with its rammed earth walls. Built of locally excavated materials, the Observation Tower Negenoord is the first public earthen building in the Benelux region. The 46-square-meter observation...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building http://inhabitat.com/rammed-earth-walls-clad-an-observation-tower-blends-into-a-belgian-nature-reserve
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