Assessing of Critical Parametrs on Earth Architecture and Earth Buildings as a Vernacular and Sustainable Architecture in Various Countries

Earth construction has received in the last decade an increased attention by the scientific community illustrated by a tenfold increase of the published research articles when compared to the previous decade. An assessment guideline is for implementing earth architecture as sustainable and vernacular architecture for various countries such as Malaysia, Iran, USA, UK, Australia and Yemen is presented. The literature is first searched in order to investigate the earth architecture from ancient until today. This literature search forms the rationale for the relevant stages of the assessment guideline. Each stage is discussed and possible methods of application are presented.