Today’s post is quoted from the Zephyr Eco website. Zephyr Eco is a project dedicated to self education and providing solutions for sustainable living. These include sustainable construction, organic farming, and free trade relationships. I have built many structures over the years. It started when I was about 25 or so, and my father and … Read more
Ekopedia, an online encyclopedia of environmentally friendly alternative techniques, has a very good summary of earthbag building. I’ve quoted a few passages below. More and more people seem convinced that earthbag combines the best of the past and the future. Earthbag is a hybrid earthen masonry material. It combines one of the most basic building … Read more
We’re starting a new feature today, where we post new photos we find on the Internet. Many earthbag photos we come across have little or no information, but are beautiful, interesting and worth sharing. As many of you know, the best projects are eventually profiled on our Projects page. But that requires having a certain … Read more
I have a new 2-bedroom version of my spiral house design. This version includes a large grow bed, exposed timber ceiling and living roof. Ample light is provided by the window wall next to the grow bed, window and door glazing, and suntubes. Distinguishing features include two bedrooms, masonry two-way fireplace, covered porch and cool … Read more
The specifications for reinforced earthbag walls in seismic regions from Structure1.com describe how to attach shear walls to earthbag walls. Properly built shear walls add a great deal of strength to earthbag structures, but are seldom discussed. I thought a detailed drawing of this feature would be helpful. The drawing below illustrates the key concepts. … Read more
I am extremely happy to announce another major first for earthbag building. Precision Engineering has generously provided drawings and specifications for building earthbag structures in seismic areas to meet code. The documents have been combined into one 6-page PDF and are now available online. Reinforced Earthbag Specifications is a 6-page PDF describing in drawings and … Read more