> Is this something that has ever been tried above ground for tall buildings? (i.e. not driving stilts down, but lifting clay up and boxing it in before driving

> Is this something that has ever been tried above ground for tall buildings? (i.e. not driving stilts down, but lifting clay up and boxing it in before driving stilts into the box). I’m not sure it’d work for actually tall buildings as clay is quite heavy. But timbered and half-timbered commonly have wattle-and-daub, clay, or unfired brick infill (adobe, mudbrick). Though actual brick, stone, plaster, … are also common. As well as the infill changing as the building goes up (e.g. stone or brick on the low floors, with wattle or plaster on higher floors.