Dr. Johnny Anderton is the $20,000 first place winner in the Common Pitch Design Indaba competition for social impact projects. Dr. Anderton said he will put the money toward gaining building code approval! Congratulations! “EarthBagBuild is a construction system combining ancient building techniques with 21st century technology: a locally developed and patented high strength polypropylene … Read more
Wow, I really like this home a lot. The gentle curves and earthy colors are very soothing. Great job Sarah and crew! Source: Sarah Raisel’s Photostream Sarah Raisel’s site at Flickerhivemind
I just found this fascinating site while researching straw/clay. Natural building is alive and well around the world! Kyle Holzhueter’s website is loaded with photos and information on traditional building techniques. “Kyle Holzhueter works as a straw bale builder and translator in Japan. He has a PhD in Bioresource Sciences from Nihon University where he … Read more
This is a must see video if you need an exceptionally strong design for earthquake zones. I almost jumped out of my chair as the house started shaking back and forth. I think this house just made history. I don’t know of many materials that have so much flex and strength. This is extremely impressive. … Read more
“Ok, the Rocket Stove heated, Cob Sauna is on!! There is a client who will pay me to build one, which is GREAT! ‘Cause it means I’ll actually have the time to build it, and see it finished in a timely manner. I’ve delivered the urbanite for the foundation today, I’ll be prepping the parts … Read more
Here’s another beautiful custom home design by Whole Tree Architecture.com. We covered their work in a previous blog post on Whole-tree Building that was very popular and so I decided to expand on this topic some more. You can think of whole-tree building as maximizing the trees that nature gives us to create rustic timberframe … Read more