They’re making good progress at Superadobeserrano. Compare the above photos to previous photos to see the before and after look. As you can see, finish plaster and detailing make a big difference. Source: Superadobeserrano Blog Previous post: Superadobeserrano Blog
Hello Owen. Just wanted to share with you my plan: Next year, I will build a large roundhouse in Hungary with raschel mesh tubes. I’ve got 7km of UV-stabilized raschel mesh from a Czech company called Juta. Since there are no volcanic rocks in Hungary, I might go with Ex-clay [expanded clay aggregates] for insulation. … Read more
Luke, the reader who’s doing our Facebook fan page, sent me this amazing story. It’s all in Russian and I haven’t translated it yet. They built a mass heater/fireplace into the earthbag wall. The thick earthbag wall is the mass. Rough translation of a few snippets: Earthbag house with a brick oven in the suburbs. … Read more
La Casa Vergara was designed by José Andrés Vallejo and built in Bogotá, Colombia in just 5 months, early in 2011. I am delighted to see that professional architects are beginning to accept earthbag technology as a viable approach to building. La Casa Vergara is a fine example of an upscale home that is built … Read more
“As a picture is worth a thousand words, we put a small assembly of the first days in the construction of a dome. With this panorama you can see from the ground up to the first holes for windows. We will keep putting more pictures as we go. BACK TO EARTH IS BACK TO HOME … Read more
There are lots of great earthbag projects we can learn from. Here are some of my favorites. Freeform Earthbags Between Boulders (cover shot on my Earthbag Building Guide) La Casa de Tierra Somos Children’s Village Half Moon Earthbag Earthship Beyond 90 Degrees by Nelly Higginbotham Sabana de Bogota by Jose Andres Vallejo Uganda Ecovillage by … Read more