Cape Town Archives < Natural Building Collective https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/tag/cape-town/ Sustainable building principles to connect, create, empower and educate. Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:10:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cropped-Square-logo-32x32.png Cape Town Archives < Natural Building Collective https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/tag/cape-town/ 32 32 Fire resistance test: Rammed-earth tyre wall achieves 120-minute certified rating https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/fire-resistance-test-rammed-earth-tyre-wall-achieves-120-minute-certified-rating/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:29:13 +0000 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/?p=72260 The Natural Building Collective has achieved a world-first certified 120-minute fire resistance rating for a plastered rammed-earth tyre wall to European EN standards, opening a formal compliance pathway for tyre construction globally.

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]]> Sustainable building at Ulwazi Educare https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/ulwazi-educare/ https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/ulwazi-educare/#respond Tue, 01 Feb 2022 16:10:03 +0000 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/?p=70968 Just like it takes a village to raise a child, it took a team of dedicated, talented & passionate humans to pull off a project like Ulwazi Educare.

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]]> https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/ulwazi-educare/feed/ 0 The story of the Delft ECD Training Centre https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/the-story-of-the-delft-ecd-training-centre/ https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/the-story-of-the-delft-ecd-training-centre/#respond Sun, 08 Jul 2018 14:08:42 +0000 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/?p=70829 The Training Centre is a passive solar, earth sheltered building out of tyres, cob, compressed earth bricks, ecobricks and glass bottles at the Delft Early Childhood Development (ECD) centre. The goal of the Training centre is to provide a space in which ECD practitioners and caregivers are trained to fulfil the developmental needs of the child.

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]]> https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/the-story-of-the-delft-ecd-training-centre/feed/ 0 Guest post: Hybrid alternative and natural building blocks at the Delft ECD (Early Childhood Development Centre) https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/guest-post-hybrid-alternative-natural-build-delft-ecd/ https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/guest-post-hybrid-alternative-natural-build-delft-ecd/#respond Thu, 23 Feb 2017 11:33:54 +0000 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/?p=70342 The post Guest post: Hybrid alternative and natural building blocks at the Delft ECD (Early Childhood Development Centre) appeared first on Natural Building Collective.

]]> https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/guest-post-hybrid-alternative-natural-build-delft-ecd/feed/ 0 Owner-builder journey | A home that would grow a forest https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/owner-builder-mud-brick-extension-scarborough/ https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/owner-builder-mud-brick-extension-scarborough/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2015 13:06:00 +0000 https://naturalbuildingcollective.wordpress.com/?p=66456 Five years ago, Peter McIntosh gave me +- 900 sun-baked mud bricks, for an extension to my house. With little start up money, a trickle of income, some plans on google sketch up, a pickaxe and, most importantly, plenty of time, I finally started the process a year ago...

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