Hermits clamped their dwellings on to Meteora boulders in Greece. Meteora has been considered a holy place since the Paleolithic, several millennia before Christians were attracted by the area’s majestic boulders. Later, monasticism flourished since Byzantine times, during which at … Continue reading →
Casa Covida blends rammed earth, mud, clay and other natural materials with 3D printing. These materials are local and easy to source. California-based Emerging Objects is a visionary studio that is exploring ways to use 3D printing using soil mixed … Continue reading →
Chinmay Pareek of Brzee Studio sent me more information about their natural building projects in India that I recently posted images of here. Brzee Studio is based in Jaipur, India and wants to break the noxious cycle exploiting Mother Earth … Continue reading →
Steve Demarest took advantage of the huge boulders covering his land in the Cascade Mountains to build a home that is part cave and part megalith dwelling. The location was originally a cave where his children played, but when they … Continue reading →
Over a decade ago there was an active Natural Building Network that maintained a website with a membership directory where natural builders could find each other and communicate. There was a board of directors that coordinated the organization as a … Continue reading →
Chinmay Pareek of Brzee Studio in India just sent me some construction photos of his current projects. These are in Rajasthan: These from Uttarakhand: You can see more of the work of Brzee Studio on these posts: Brzee Studio Earthbag … Continue reading →