Owen Geiger Interview by Lively Magazine

Earthbag Lodge with Domes – one of over 130 house designs by Owen Geiger at EarthbagPlans.wordpress.com
Earthbag Lodge with Domes – one of over 130 house designs by Owen Geiger at EarthbagPlans.wordpress.com

Your designs are created to withstand earthquakes and hurricanes and the design would be easily adaptable to most cultures. What are some other advantages?
Other advantages are explained throughout our sites (over 1,000 pages of free info online). Advantages include: no need for expensive concrete foundations (gravel bags on rubble trench foundations works great – this can save you thousands of dollars on this one thing alone); ease of creating almost any shape you want – roundhouses, domes, free form designs, you name it; ability to build underground or with earth sheltering or earth berming; no need for wood if wood is scarce or expensive; bags can be filled with insulation (lava rock, etc.) in cold climates, or insulation can be added to the exterior; owner-builder friendly – virtually anyone can build this way using very few tools and little or no special training.

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Sapling Roof Framing

Roundhouse made with coppiced wood
Roundhouse made with coppiced wood

For ultra low-cost small roofs with no building codes.

The Slide Collection of Butser Ancient Farm
“There is still an intention to store all the many slides in the Reynolds’ collection on this website. The size of this presentation indicates the difficulty with upwards of 10,000 slides available. A DVD may be the answer, given time.

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Arched and Coved Ceilings

Archways and Ceilings Made Easy
Archways and Ceilings Made Easy

“The Curve Appeal: A Photo Book of Arched Ceilings
Looking for a good design or idea to incorporate into your home? Well, take a look below and see different types of ceilings from groin vaults, dome ceilings, barrel vaults, cove ceilings and archways. Get ideas and see what works best where.”

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