Barns provide a multi-purpose system of storage built to accommodate living things. Barns are houses for activities that involve humans, but are not built exclusively for them. Barns are storehouses that operate as supply infrastructure for crops. The annual cycle of grain crop production often entails specific rituals or agricultural rites— procedures that entangle human … Read more
Housing NOW is a modular bamboo housing system that provides rapid, affordable homes in Myanmar’s conflict- and disaster-affected regions. They use small-diameter bamboo bundled into structural frames that interlock to form the backbone of each house. This method uses abundant, low-value bamboo culms from local sources and transforms them into load-bearing construction elements through bundling, … Read more
Despite contributing nearly 1 percent to Nepal’s GDP, bamboo remains largely under-utilized. Traditional uses, including scaffolding, weaving, handicrafts and household items, dominate the current market. Bamboo’s optimal use depends on species and maturity, where shoots under three weeks are best for consumption, three weeks to one year for weaving, one to three years for small … Read more
Suzanne Rouge is an athletic-looking 60+ year-old woman with a lot of energy and a lot of ideas. She is a driving force behind Earth Art Village, a cooperative collaboration for mutual benefit to all members, located just north of Crestone. Colorado. Earth Art Village began in 1998 with 460 acres to be subdivided into … Read more
The Platform Hill pavilion, completed between 2022 and 2025, sits among the hills south of Chengdu and functions as a visitor destination and event space that capitalizes on scenic panoramas. The structure uses a series of interlocking timber arches clad with an earth berm that allows the building to blend into the landscape and echo … Read more
Rising above the cactus of the Chihuahuan Desert in Texas, a white adobe building at Indian Lodge glistens like marble. It is the only working hotel in the Texas state parks system. Indian Lodge sits at an elevation of 5,200 feet and is part of a 90-year-old park. When Indian Lodge opened to the public in … Read more