A short video showing the building of my small cottage out of unfired clay brick at Lynedoch EcoVillage near Stellenbosch, South Africa

Doctoral Thesis work by ELT at Stanford Univeristy; collapse of unretrofitted and retrofitted adobe

chapter of the forthcoming documentary film FIRST EARTH: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture reflection on the significance of Africa and its indigenous architecture filmed in Ghana, West Africa

This is a typical construction site in Bangalore. Earth has been excavated for the foundation. The beautiful red earth is enough for a ground plus one construction. Typically however burnt bricks like the one stacked will be brought from far away and this earth will be shipped out. Smart construction would mean using the most locally available material with the least embodied energy. Will e build the necessary expertise and the incentives to do this quickly and address climate change? Will our cities becom

using pnuematic pounders to make a rammed earth wall

My first rammed earth building 20'3" x 13'6" Walls 12" thick plus.

a chapter of the upcoming documentary film FIRST EARTH - Uncompromising Ecological Architecture [ natural building as liberation praxis ]

chapter of the forthcoming documentary film FIRST EARTH: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture overview of earthen building in the United Kingdom

Slideshow of some photos taken in a recent trip to YongDing, Fujian for their famous Tulou which are known for special design and architecture for inhabitation by families of the Hakka culture.