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Boat house
I love this Norwegian boat house for the beauty it possesses, not just from its setting but also from its sublime balance of form and function. Those outward opening walls and the way that the building sits upon the rocks rather than destroying them are lovely features. Might steal the idea of those doors for [...]
Building an ‘Earthship’
An earthship is a building designed around passive solar design, water harvesting principles and other renewable technologies and constructed from recycled and / or renewable materials. There is a long history of earthship design and building in the south of the United States with Mike Reynolds and Earthship Biotecture being at the forefront if this [...]
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Building with cob
As a renewable, sustainable building material cob is a favoured option in green building circles. What is cob? Cob is an ancient earth building technique which uses a combination of earth, straw, sand and water. These ingredients can be mixed together by hand, using tarps, or by machinery. The mix is formed into lumps or [...]
Books about cob building