Superadobe in Colombia

Very nice superadobe dome home in Colombia
Very nice superadobe dome home in Colombia

Asi vamos con la Casa de los Domos
“Acabados dizque finales…ja,ja…es la casa sin fin !
Barichara, Colombia
Barichara is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. (Nice. Be sure to look at photos of Barichara.)

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Romania Earthbag Dome JOY Project

JOY Project floorplan
Dear Kelly, dear Owen,

We are looking for someone with experience in building earthbag domes to instruct us in May. In autumn we stopped at almost ground level. Do you know someone in Europe? We pay expenses and salary at least for 2 weeks, maybe 4 weeks, depending on salary. Should be an English speaker. Building site is in Salicea, a small village, 12 km from Cluj (there is an airport).

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New FAQ’s at Earthbagbuilding.com

The Frequently Asked Questions section of www.earthbagbuilding.com has been accumulating pertinent questions and answers for over a decade. These had been categorized into only about a half dozen pages, which had become overly long and cumbersome for finding specific information.  I finally decided to organize them in such a way that it is now much … Read more

A Practice Earthbag Building Project

Earthbag building project is good practice for building an earthbag home.
Earthbag building project is good practice for building an earthbag home.

“If you are considering the cheapest simplest way of building your own home with natural materials, earthbag construction could be the best way to go. For the most part you will be filling bags with dirt and stacking them. In the August/September 2009 Mother Earth News, they ran an article on this small earthbag project which needs no building permit and would be great practice in the earthbag technique or even cob, rammed earth with tires or adobe.

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The Evolution of a Canadian Earthbag Dome House

From Sierra in Canada: Here is my Youtube video on the earthbag structure I have been working on for the last 3 years. It is almost complete…just needs some windows and doors installed and some finishing touches inside and out. I thought you might be interested to see the progress.

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