Michael Reynolds has been perfecting Earthships for 55 years, and now he says he has the model just right. “An Earthship is a building that encounters the phenomena of the planet to provide sustenance for its inhabitants,” Michael Reynolds said. It is heated by the sun and kept warm using thermal dynamics. The buildings collect … Read more
This old Vicarage in the UK is a 17th-century cob building built on tall sandstone footings with a Victorian limestone extension built in 1850, and a smaller brickwork extension believed to be from the late 1800s, that serves as the entrance. The building was bought by Great Western Railway in 1939 and converted into flats. … Read more
In October 2020, when a fire threatened Pasadena, California Kenjus Watson and his family temporarily relocated with loved ones across the country in Ohio. Between the fire, terrible air quality, and the ongoing COVID pandemic, they felt the acute fragility of their situation. This marked a turning point him for him. Instead of pursuing an … Read more
b-home Studio in Catskill, New York is a project that has been Matt Bua’s life’s work for close to two decades. The artist and his friends have cobbled together over 30 structures concentrated in a just one- or two-acre area of the 27 acres that he owns. He has dubbed it a “mythical repurposed city.” … Read more
“I do think that the pallet communities present a very flexible and rapid response to a very critical problem,” said Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber. “We have not chosen any sites and are still in the process to figure out what the best strategy is to communicate to our constituents and our residents where and … Read more
German architect Anna Heringer designed the Anandaloy Center in Bangladesh as a pioneering project for the revival of mud construction in contemporary architecture. Housing both a disabilities center and a textile studio, Anandaloy, means “place of great joy.” Originally, the two-story building was to be solely a disability center, but the decision was later made … Read more