Natural Building

Earth Brick

Bricks, bricks, bricks and more bricks.

Foundations

Brick and Mortar

Delicious food to fuel the body and spirit!

Ecostead Bed & Breakfast

Inside

Cinva -Inter American Housing and Planning Center of Bogota, ColumbiaRam- Paul Ramirez, Chilean Engineer

Rammed Earth

Cob Mix with Earthen Plasters

Equal parts sand and clay mixed with medium length straw fibers

Clay, Sand, and finely chopped fiber

Be sure to design a good hat & boots for earthen structures

Ferro-Cement Roof

Cob Creations

Waddle and Daub

Waddle- woven latticework of wooden stakes; Daub is clay, sand, and straw mix application

Light EarthSand, Clay, woodchip mixed lightly and placed in a form and lightly tamped

are moved across permanent ladders & coppiced horizontals

Temporary Forms

Sprouting-Its Ok for the wall to sprout- drying slowly

Trim off edges for Plastering and

Asthetics

Strawbale

Vaulted Strawbale

Permaculture Institute of Northern California (PINC)

Strawbale mud domes, Kibbutz Lotan

Getting government on board…

Timber Framing

Excavation- Inspection of the Foundation

Bracing

Clay must Dry

completely before first

frost

Temperature Considerations

Remember to celebrate!

Building with Whole Trees

Roald Gundersen

Roald Gundersen

Cordwood

Rainbow Valley Farm

Stone and Tile

Dry Stack Stone

Mosaic

Patios & Walkways

Earth ships Recycled Materials

Recycled Materials: Tires, Cans, Bottles

Earth Bag Construction

Earth Bag Construction

Super Adobe

Living Roof

Rainbow Valley Farm

ThatchingThatching

Roundhouses

Celtic Earthen Roundhouse

13 Timber Ceiling

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Ger - Mongolian word for “dwelling”

Portable Roundhouse

Hurricane House

Information Kiosk and gazebo for a Hostel in Oregon

City Repair

Aesthetics combined with Function

Glass Bottle inset providing light and art

Candle Holder and light reflector

Sculpted Alcoves

Earthen Floors

Artisan Builders Collective

Clay Paints

Tadelakt

Bottle Wall

But will it last?

Rammed Earth in New Zealand

English Cob House

Cob & Earth Plasters of Mali

Anasazi Cliff Dwellings of Colorado

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