“As a picture is worth a thousand words, we put a small assembly of the first days in the construction of a dome. With this panorama you can see from the ground up to the first holes for windows. We will keep putting more pictures as we go. BACK TO EARTH IS BACK TO HOME … Read more
There are lots of great earthbag projects we can learn from. Here are some of my favorites. Freeform Earthbags Between Boulders (cover shot on my Earthbag Building Guide) La Casa de Tierra Somos Children’s Village Half Moon Earthbag Earthship Beyond 90 Degrees by Nelly Higginbotham Sabana de Bogota by Jose Andres Vallejo Uganda Ecovillage by … Read more
The number of new earthbag videos is growing fast. I did a quick check yesterday and found quite a few new ones. Many of them are in other languages and probably won’t make it onto our Video page, so I’ll post them here on the blog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkhfzCbT_fE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HCoLhqj4fY&feature=g-vrec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExYPG5pJdgE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODUj3bKA_pE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGX7y_hK5u0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEOihnulpmA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s80_rSOygR8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekj-vws63II&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITqg445P7hg&feature=related … Read more
From Leah Petriccione: In this semester long “Global Studio,” the goal was to design a primary school and community center located in Kyekyewere, Ghana. After designing the individual classrooms, as well as furniture pieces, in pairs we took on the conceptual community spaces that would accompany the school. Primary school children’s needs within the space … Read more
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres (8,900 sq mi) and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence. Tuscany is known for its gorgeous landscapes, its rich artistic legacy and its vast influence on high culture. Tuscany is widely regarded as the … Read more
DAVID: Your adventure in “Twelve by Twelve” is part of a long tradition of restless Americans. In early America, Francis Asbury never even owned a home and traveled throughout his adult life, staying in other people’s homes. John Steinbeck traveled in a pickup truck equipped with a little camper. Thoreau famously lived in a tiny … Read more