by Peter McIntosh | Mar 9, 2018 | Adobe, Alternative building, Alternative energy, Architectural educational practice, Earth testing, Earth theory, Events, Insulation, Living off-grid, Living Sustainably, Local materials, Long Way Home, Mud brick, Natural building, Natural building course, Natural building methods, Natural mortar mixes, Natural plasters, Passive Solar Design, Peter McIntosh, Solar energy, Sustainable building, Sustainable human settlements, Thermal mass, Thermal performance, Tyre building
We’re thrilled to announce Peter McIntosh will be co-facilitating Long Way Home’s inaugural Green Building Academy in Guatemala this year. Participants can expect a solid grounding and hands-on experience in green, sustainable building and construction practices,...
by Peter McIntosh | Dec 15, 2015 | Adobe, Architectural educational practice, Clay, Cob, Compressed Earth Brick (CEB), Earth testing, Earth theory, Events, Living off-grid, Living Sustainably, Local materials, Mud brick, Natural building, Natural building course, Natural building methods, Natural mortar mixes, Natural plasters, Passive Solar Design, Peter McIntosh, Rammed Earth, Strawbale, Sustainable building, Thermal mass, Thermal performance, Uncategorized
Announcing our first natural building course for 2016! Our natural building course is comprehensive and covers a range of materials and techniques based on Peter McIntosh’s professional and personal experience working with these approaches and from having lived...
by hermiedelport | Aug 12, 2014 | Architectural educational practice, Community, Events, Hermie Delport, Natural building, Sustainable building
As a senior lecturer in the Architectural Technology department at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology I get the opportunity to write and present papers at conferences, congresses and symposiums, with the benefit to see what is happening in the field and to...
by hermiedelport | Mar 18, 2014 | Architectural educational practice, Design Build, Earthen Schools, Hermie Delport, Light Earth
The first time I made cob I was knee deep in trouble, there was no way of ever leaving this muddy business again. I simply love the smell and feel of wet earth being mixed. I guess it started when I lived in Prince Albert as a 5 year old and mixed “chocolate milk” in...
