Chinmay Pareek from Brzee Studio in India sent me some photos of his latest project: an earthbag house in Jaipur that is surrounded by big concrete bungalows and high rises in the main city. In addition to earthbags, they are using exposed stone walls, wattle and daub walls with murals as partitions, and a bamboo … Read more
A German architectural firm, Mono Architekten, designed this uniquely natural building extension to an existing concrete school in Germany, with a cluster of curving larch-clad forms topped with sloping green roofs. The extension houses an after-school care center for the Waldorf School, and the design was intended to mirror the ideals of Waldorf-Steiner schools, which … Read more
Sam and Alex, who live in the U.K. have just built an earthbag seating area. They say, “Your site has contributed to helping us do this. Thank you for such an informative site! We would like to share our project with you. Although small in comparison to the buildings we have seen, it is a … Read more
Alosha Lynov established the Bio Veda Academy as a way to disseminate his knowledge about building what he calls a Living Bio Shelter Organism, along with holistic water treatment and cooperative eco-villages. Alosha studied Superadobe construction at CalEarth Institute in California, and what he teaches is somewhat based on their approach. He has combined Superadobe … Read more
A week long straw bale workshop near Ann Arbor, Michigan had 43 participants. “Building a straw bale home isn’t much different than a conventional home,” said Andrew Morrison, who created the workshop. “It uses regular foundations and floor frames, with posts and beams, and from there, workers stuff straw bales into the walls instead of … Read more
This video describes how building with adobe in West Texas used to be the way common people could afford to have simple, effective housing that relates to their heritage. Now the region is experiencing a new attitude about adobe building that makes it less affordable because of hyped real estate, taxes and inflated prices. Some … Read more