what we do
earth is the material. knowing how to build with it is the work.
scarab brings hands-on experience with adobe, rammed earth, historic earthen buildings, and the details that make them work. We join projects at different points—sometimes as the builder, sometimes alongside an architect or design team, sometimes to solve the part of a project that only makes sense in earth.
ways to bring us in
BUILD
adobe + rammed earth + earthen construction
from new construction to specialized scopes within larger projects, we bring the labor, material knowledge, and field experience to build in earth.
PRESERVE
historic adobe restoration and envelope work
we work with existing earthen buildings to repair, restore, and protect the systems that keep them standing.
COLLABORATE
earthen construction expertise for project teams
architects, designers, developers, builders, and institutions can bring scarab in for the parts of a project where specialized knowlege is required.
FABRICATE
custom elements, details, and material experiments
we make things of earth - architectural elements, furniture, finishes, prototypes
selected projects
build
FT. SELDEN
earthen construction + preservation
preserve
TRUCHAS
historic adobe restoration
collaborate
HIRO SUSHI
commercial construction
fabricate
RAMMED EARTH SUNROOM
material experimentation + fabrication
who we work with
bring us in early. bring us in when it gets complicated.
scarab works with architects, designers, developers, builders, institutions, and property owners who need real-world expertise in earthen construction. we can join a project at the beginning, step in for a specialized scope, or take a project all the way through construction.
architects
earthen systems, constructability, estimating, detailing, and field execution.
designers
material development, custom elements, fabrication, and construction.
developers + builders
specialized earthen scopes within larger residential, commercial, and institutional projects.
institutions + property owners
restoration, preservation, new construction, and long-term building stewardship.
why scarab
pain is a flavor.
we like the difficult part - the unusual detail, the stubborn material connection, the problem that doesn't have a standard solution.
we'll figure it out.