The folks at Good Earth Global prepared a guide titled How to Build an Earthquake-Resistant Home: An Earthbag Construction Manual for Engineering for Change’s members and readers and it was published at engineeringforchange.org It starts out with this introduction: Earthbag technology has emerged as the building method best suited to rebuild rural Nepal after its … Read more
The preservation and reuse of already existing buildings is a great way to reduce the construction industry’s sizeable carbon footprint. Adapting under-utilized buildings matters now more than ever as cities around the world grapple with a crisis in affordable housing and the ongoing challenges brought on by a changing climate. In Brussels, Belgium, this former … Read more
New Horizon Urban Mining is a demolition firm in Amsterdam that specializes in the practice of deconstructing buildings and infrastructure and selling the building products and components for reuse in new construction. Nearly half of the waste in the Netherlands comes from construction and demolition, yet only a minuscule portion of that waste—around 4%—is reused … Read more
The Pyramid Cabin is located in the “Fragrant Lake” of Huanggang City in China and is part of the Wiki World Co-Building Plan, which will construct a series of uniquely designed natural homes there. There are two Pyramid Cabins located on a forested hillside, where you can only hear the chirping of birds, the sound … Read more
A home is so much more than its physical manifestation in the world. It is a place of togetherness, of gathering, of sharing, and of connecting. The mission of inourhands.love is to leverage their building technique to support those in need by providing warmth, stability, economic opportunity, and hope. The act of building a home … Read more
Long derided as old-fashioned symbols of grinding poverty, mud and straw houses are making a comeback in Hungary as a low-cost, eco-friendly alternative to concrete. Master builder Janos Gaspar, who renovates earth houses, says, “I’m booked up for three years. Interest is sky-high.” He has built more than 200 clay houses. Locally accessible materials is … Read more