Located near Mumbai, India, this 557 sq. m (6,000 sq. ft.) farmhouse was entirely designed with environmental consciousness by integrating biophilic design, passive climatology principles and construction technology. It consists of a free-flowing living room, kitchen, dining room, three courtyards, glass bottle floor, pond, bedrooms, toilets and pantry. Most of the spaces are shaped according … Read more
Former rocket scientist and mud-home builder Kristina Turiya shared a video on Tik Tok of one of her many projects. She made a shower out of mud, sand, straw, bamboo, and lime. It’s completely waterproof without any use of plastic, sealant, or cement because of the Tadelakt technique (a lime plaster technique from ancient Morocco … Read more
If you go to strawbale.com you can download a free subscription to “16 Essential Steps to Straw Bale Success” e-course. For over two weeks you’ll receive a daily and information-packed lesson about straw bale construction in your inbox. Over 50,000 people have read it so far! Everything from Design, Choosing Best Bales, Creating Custom Bales, Creating Niches, Prep … Read more
This video follows the story of people and organizations in the Balkans that work with mud and youth. The also, explores people’s connection to the land, which is expressed through centuries-old practices of building houses from natural materials. The film crew visited inspiring projects, communities and families throughout the Balkans and exchanged experiences with them … Read more
I just finished reading Building an Earthbag Round House by Morgan Caraway of the Sustainable Life School. This PDF ebook describes Morgan’s experience of building his first attempt at earthbag construction some 15 years ago. As he says, there are many ways he would do things differently these days, but he basically got most of … Read more
My friend B Sitkin recently uploaded this video he and his wife made many years ago at City of the Sun in Southern New Mexico. It documents many of the key events at the Build-a-thon and Symposium and features a number of my friends and fellow builders from that time. This event followed on the … Read more