Ejisu Earth House by Jason Orbe-Smith Orbe-Smith divided the exterior of the home, meant to be painted with “liquid-like mud,” into separate volumes situated around an open courtyard to help air circulation. He didn’t include a large overhang, since other indigenous homes he’d seen wihout one had held up for years. “There’s a whole world of portable, nomadic, and mud structures,” he says. “There is a lot of built work from the past that can influence today’s design.” Photo 6 of 6 in Modern Mud Homes: A New Take on Building in Ghana by Patrick Sisson

Modern Mud Homes: A New Take on Building in Ghana

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Ejisu Earth House by Jason Orbe-Smith

Orbe-Smith divided the exterior of the home, meant to be painted with “liquid-like mud,” into separate volumes situated around an open courtyard to help air circulation. He didn’t include a large overhang, since other indigenous homes he’d seen wihout one had held up for years. “There’s a whole world of portable, nomadic, and mud structures,” he says. “There is a lot of built work from the past that can influence today’s design.”