“Good day Mr. Geiger. I have a small construction company in Tanzania. Just more than 2 years ago I started doing earthbag buildings and up to now have done 24 buildings.
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Austin Coder Builds Timeless Straw-Clay Home
“When Gary Zuker bought an undeveloped piece of land outside of Austin (Texas) 25 years ago, he knew the only way he could afford a home on it was to build it himself. With no building experience, he immersed himself in architecture books at the University of Texas (where he works as a computer engineer).
Studying Eco-resorts for Building Ideas
While I spend most of my time reading and researching affordable housing, I also have a lot of fun searching online for exotic, affordable eco-friendly resorts. It’s sort of a hobby. For the most part I’m just ‘window shopping’ for natural building ideas.
Green/Eco Friendly Brick Options
Why do we need greener options for making bricks? Here’s a quote from IDSN MOW “1.3 trillion bricks are manufactured on earth each year, and at least 10% of which are made in coal-fired ovens, on a whole releasing 800 million tons of CO2 annually.” In addition, clay bricks often destroy valuable topsoil. We need affordable, locally made, low tech eco bricks for the masses. Here is a list of leading eco-friendly green bricks.
Baandin Laguna Resort
“Baandin Laguna, a uniquely natural resort with cottages built from clay, covered by leaf roofs, surrounded by mountains, rice fields and morning fog.
Arched Cabins
“Arched Cabins is a growing business with two locations, one outside of Houston, Texas in the Cypress area and the other in Timberon, New Mexico. Arched Cabins creator David Cruey has worked on a variety of projects over the years all trying to accomplish one goal. Designing an efficient, cost effective, durable, attractive and easy to build structure with multiple uses.