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Building homes using natural materials! #cob #strawbale #adobe #wattleanddaub #earthenplaster #permaculture #naturalbuilding #timberframing

Joined July 2020
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Yucatecan Pasta Tiles: Hand-Crafted Beauty from Yucatán- yucatantoday.com/en/blog/yuc…

Yucatecan Pasta Tiles: Hand-Crafted Beauty from Yucatán

Discover the beauty of Yucatecan Pasta Tiles, hand-crafted with tradition and passion. Explore the artistry behind these iconic tiles.

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Exploring Chukum: The Ancient Maya Finishing Technique Reviving Modern Architecture amazingarchitecture.com/arti…

Exploring Chukum: The Ancient Maya Finishing Technique Reviving Modern Architecture

Chukum, a traditional finishing technique that uses the resin from the Chukum tree (Havardia albicans), is not just a method of construction but a reflection of a sustainable way of living.

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‘We don’t need more concrete’ cnn.com/2024/08/01/style/has…

‘We don’t need more concrete’: A new village in Tanzania will use a 3D printer and soil to build...

A new village in Tanzania will go back to the future by using soil and a 3D printer to create its community center.

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Building with Waste: Transforming Excavated Earth into Architecture archdaily.com/999074/buildin… via @archdaily

Building with Waste: Transforming Excavated Earth into Architecture

With a growing global need to improve the way we build, earth construction is re-emerging as a local, cost-effective, and zero-carbon footprint option.

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Morocco earthquake: why traditional earthen architecture is not to blame for the destruction communities have endured theconversation.com/morocco-… via @ConversationUK

Morocco earthquake: why traditional earthen architecture is not to blame for the destruction...

Traditional earthen building cultures are often wrongly described as ‘primitive’ and blamed for their own destruction.

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Christopher Alexander obituary theguardian.com/artanddesign… #APatternLanguage

Christopher Alexander obituary

Architect and theorist who believed in creating human-centred buildings, drawing on new technology and ancient traditions

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The Appeal of Ancient Building Techniques barrons.com/articles/the-app… via @BarronsOnline
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sigi koko@buildnaturally
14 Feb 2022
Oh my gosh, this was exceptionally fun. I recently had a lovely conversation on the podcast by @JNaturalBuilder Check it out here: buildingsustainabilitypodcas…

How to design the natural home of your dreams - Sigi Koko - BS070

Sigi Koko is the principal designer of Down to Earth Design, which she founded in 1998 to help her clients manifest their dreams of living in a natural, healthy ho…

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sigi koko@buildnaturally
15 Feb 2022
If you want to understand the basics of #naturalbuilding materials, I have an article for you 🙃 buildnaturally.com/BigPictur…
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What a 10th Century Mud Building’s Strength Can Teach Modern Sustainable Architecture thebetterindia.com/275946/wh…

What a 10th Century Mud Building’s Strength Can Teach Modern Sustainable Architecture

The oldest earthen building in India has a very similar structure to the cob houses in Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh. It tells a tall tale of perserverance and the need to look back to our...

thebetterindia.com
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Hempcrete: Creating Holistic Sustainability With Plant-Based Building Materials archdaily.com/955176/hempcre… via @archdaily

Hempcrete: Creating Holistic Sustainability With Plant-Based Building Materials

Hempcrete is a sustainable, natural building material made from a hemp waste product, called hemp shives, and a lime binding agent.

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The professional association representing the US hemp building industry moved forward to ... hempbuildmag.com/home/hempcr…

Hempcrete Submitted for Certification in US Building Codes — HempBuild Magazine

Hempcrete may be easier to use on US building projects after the US hemp building professional organization submitted the hemp building material for certification in US building codes.

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VAG@VArchGroup
23 Jan 2022
'Joints in Timber Framing' - a webinar by Tony Harding looking at carpentry in some early Dunster houses. Thursday 27 January at 7.30pm, organised by Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. Free but donations welcome. Details at sanhs.org/event/joints-in-ti….
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A case study of cob earth based building technique in Matagalpa, Nicaragua – LCA perspective and rate of adoption scinapse.io/papers/49995106?…
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Steven Johnston@ecovisionary
18 Jan 2022
Beavers Build Ecosystems Of Resilience sciencefriday.com/segments/b…

Beavers Build Ecosystems Of Resilience

In a Colorado burn scar, wetland oases created by beavers are surviving the West’s new megafires.

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Natural Homes@naturalhomes
16 Jan 2022
This is one of the cob homes built by architect and natural builder Ileana Mavrodin of Casa Verde [casa-verde.ro] in Banat, Romania. She, with a few others, are using natural materials in Romania to help people rediscover their local skills and community spirit.
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Restoration of Hassan Fathy’s Buildings in New Gourna Village, Luxor unesco.org/archives/multimed…

Restoration of Hassan Fathy’s Buildings in New Gourna Village, Luxor

A video produced under the project Safeguard Hassan Fathy Architectural Legacy in New Gourna, implemented from 2018 to 2021. It includes footage about the works of rehabilitation and restoration, the...

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Shift away from earthen homes ‘environmentally damaging’ sciencedaily.com/releases/20…

Shift away from earthen homes ‘environmentally damaging’

Attitudes to earthen homes need to change to prevent millions of them being replaced by buildings made from more environmentally damaging materials, warn scientists. The researchers found that the...

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Duo Builds Eco-Friendly Homes With Ancient ‘Panch Bootha’ Wisdom thebetterindia.com/272942/co…

Duo Builds Eco-Friendly Homes With Ancient 'Panch Bootha' Wisdom

Want to build an ecofriendly home? Srinath Gautam and Vinoth Kumar run Bhutha Architecture, a sustainable architecture studio in Coimbatore that use the five 'Panch Bootha' elements.

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ClayworksClayPlaster@UKClayworks
13 Jan 2022
Before there were processed materials, synthetics, and fossil fuel derived materials, there was raw earth. There still is, and when it comes to end of its life on a wall, it can be returned to the earth. #clayplaster
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