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
Home Sweet Home
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