by Peter McIntosh | Jul 31, 2014 | Adobe, Clay, Cob, Design Build, Design competition, Heritage, Indigenous Architectural Knowledge, Indigenous Building Systems, Local materials, Mud brick, Natural building, Natural building methods, Rammed Earth, Sustainable human settlements
Reinventing the African Mud Hut Together Nka Foundation invites entries for Mud House Design 2014, an international architecture competition open to recent graduates and students of architecture, design and others from around the world who think earth architecture can...
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...
