Tour this off-grid floating home and art studio
Tour this off-grid floating home and art studio created by Mark Hobson in Tofino Canada. You can watch the video at www.youtube.com
Ecological Living
More Fun Bamboo Architecture
Bamboo strands are hand-woven to form this 140-metre-long canopy sheltering visitors of the Impression Sanjie Liu light show on an island in Yangshuo’s Li River. A number of spherical pavilions designed to resemble lanterns are finished in the same latticework and supported by load-bearing bamboo lengths that were soaked and scorched so they could be … Read more
The Value of Cob Building
Three small cob homes (about 100 square feet each) cost around $500 each, not including labor. Quail Springs Permaculture, an educational non-profit in Southern California, built the houses over the span of a few months. According to their natural building director, Sasha Rabin, the structures were made using — along with reclaimed fixtures such as … Read more
Tour a Lovely Cob Cottage
Tour this Cob Cottage, the first fully legal cob house in BC Canada. You can watch the video at www.youtube.com
Sustainable Design from a Dog’s Point of View
Tom Keel, who lectures at Deakin Business School, says that by paying attention to the family dog we can make our homes and other buildings more sustainable, comfortable and cheaper to run. “Since long before we built homes and burnt coal and gas for heating and cooling, dogs have been living comfortably,” Mr Keel said. … Read more
Cliff House in the Mojave Desert
Bruce Jones left a comment on a recent blog post about some fun backyard sheds: “My family name is JONES so I’m a Welshman, five generations removed. Seeing these incredible creations is inspiring. I bought a small mountain in the High Desert of SoCal (part of the greater Mojave Desert) sixteen months ago and have … Read more