Building a Living Roof on a Pump House
This small project shows all the steps for building a living roof. You can watch it at www.youtube.com
Kelly Hart
Rocket Stove for Underfloor Heating
Here is a video I found at permies.com where you can find a long discussion about the concept. You can also watch the video at www.youtube.com
Rammed Earth Palace in Russia is Over Two Centuries Old
The origins of the Priory Palace located in Gatchina near St. Petersburg, Russia are linked to the history of the Order of Malta, one of the oldest chivalric orders of the Roman Catholic Church. Around 1800 AD the Priory Palace was designed by the architect and engineer Nikolay Lvov, who also supervised the construction. To … Read more
A lovely Bamboo Pavilion in Taiwan
A pavilion of woven bamboo and steel by Zuo Studio arches over a body of water to create a shady place to sit in Huludun Park in Taiwan. Its form is designed to resemble the Central Mountain Range that runs across Taiwan island. Stout bamboo supports at the base give views of the water through … Read more
Tour an Underground Dome Home
Paula and Bill Lishman spent many winters in a poorly insulated A-frame cabin before realizing they needed to go underground to use the earth’s energy to stay warm, so they knocked the top off a hill, built ferrocement domes and covered it up again with dirt. Thanks to skylights cut into every dome and the … Read more
An Old Institutional Root Cellar
When touring the former Traverse City State Hospital property, you might be surprised to find an old root cellar. If you check out the visitor’s center gift shop at the Botanic Gardens at Historic Barns Park, tucked in the back of the shop is an approximately 50-foot long brick tunnel. It connects the store to … Read more