Alternative Building Methods
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www.greenhomebuilding.com |
Green Home Building. Info about Earth, Wood, Straw, Bamboo, Stone, Manufactured, Lightweight Concrete, Organic, Domes, Earth Sheltered, etc. |
www.naturalbuildingnetwork.org |
Natural Building Network is a not-for-profit membership association promoting natural building principles, materials and practitioners worldwide. Good events list. |
www.earthbagbuilding.com |
Earth Bag Building- earthbag (sometimes called sandbag) construction. Lots of pictures, videos, info. |
www.grisb.org |
Straw. US Dept of Energy "House of Straw - Straw Bale Construction Comes of Age" 22 pages, 2003. |
sbregistry.greenbuilder.com |
StrawBale Building Registry. Voluntarily registered strawbale structures. Some open for viewing. |
www.earthship.net |
Earthship Design Principles:Thermal/Solar Heating & Cooling, Solar & Wind Electricity, Contained Sewage Treatment, Building with Natural & Recycled Materials, Water Harvesting, Food Production. |
www.malcolmwells.com |
Malcolm Wells the father of modern earth-sheltered architecture.""I...began to design underground buildings in 1964. Now, 35 years later, in spite of my having lectured at almost every U.S. architectural school, been on network tv, and written 15 or 20 books on the subject, underground architecture is still virtually unknown. So much for my effectiveness." See the resources page for lots of great info ! *** !!! |
www.earth-house.com |
Earth House, a hub for information on Earth Sheltered news and updates. |
www.cobcottage.com |
Cob Building uses earth mixed with sand and straw,this ancient technology doesn't contribute to deforestation, pollution or mining nor depend on manufactured materials or power tools. Workshops. |
www.simondale.net |
Low impact home dug into a hillside in Wales. |
www.inhabitat.com |
Wall House: Durable $5000 Home Made from Recycled Paper. "Constructed from an innovative cellulose-based material, the Universal World House is light, cheap, well-insulated, and remarkably strong, making it an incredible asset to developing countries, the homeless, and those displaced by disasters." Inhabitat. |
www.inspirationgreen.com |
Inspiration Green. Plastic Bottle Construction. A must see blog page! |
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Walk a forest with your building design in mind and select individual trees to harvest for your home. Each tree is chosen both for its structural and design integrity and for the effect that its removal will have on the forest left standing around it. Often the selection will be based as much on thinning an overcrowded stand or managing an invasive species as it will on that tree being the nearest with a 10 inch diameter trunk.
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