Natural building Archives < Natural Building Collective https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/tag/natural-building/ 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=7.0.1 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cropped-Square-logo-32x32.png Natural building Archives < Natural Building Collective https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/tag/natural-building/ 32 32 Rammed-earth tyre walls: Your questions answered https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/rammed-earth-tyre-wall-questions-answered/ Sun, 17 May 2026 17:42:46 +0000 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/?p=72298 Questions emerged after we published a certified fire resistance test for a rammed‑earth tyre wall assembly. This post answers them with evidence and practical experience, covering fire safety, off‑gassing, leaching, and thermal performance.

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]]> 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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]]> Projects | Nature meets technology: Empowering rural students through sustainable design https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/eco-friendly-classroom-design-transforming-education-rural-zambia/ Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:14:21 +0000 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/?p=71914 Imagine a classroom where thick earthen walls shield students from the harsh Zambian weather, and colourful glass bottle bricks create a vibrant learning environment. Discover how Project Luangwa's innovative eco-friendly classrooms blend natural materials with modern technology, transforming the educational experience for rural children and providing a model for sustainable development.

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]]> Student build story | Reconnecting to our earthly habitat https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/student-build-story-reconnecting-earthly-habitat/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:04:21 +0000 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/?p=71797 James Loudon spends a lot of his time underwater filming big animal encounters in far flung places to help the rest of us understand and become familiar with this big but somewhat unfathomable part of our planet. It was essential that James’s home helped him to reconnect with his earthly habitat but also to reflect his reverence for the natural world.

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]]> Portfolio | Compressed Earth Brick house (CEB) reimagines tiny RDP house footprint https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/ceb-house-reimagines-tiny-house/ Fri, 16 Feb 2024 12:28:33 +0000 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/?p=71732 At 42m2 this house in Scarborough uses natural building materials to showcase the potential of earth building on the scale of a standard RDP house.

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]]> Student build story | Living buildings, Living food https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/student-build-story-living-buildings-living-food/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:33:47 +0000 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/?p=71397 James Kuiper harnesses the living, breathing climate that natural buildings produce to create the healthy supportive environments that the delicately-resilient microbial cultures need to thrive.

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]]> Projects | How Heideveld’s sustainable ECD centre will transform lives https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/sustainable-ecd-centre-heideveld/ Thu, 02 Feb 2023 12:30:54 +0000 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/?p=71266 The new sustainable early childhood development centre in Heideveld is set to make a significant impact on the community. By utilising eco-friendly materials and innovative building techniques, this project aims to create a nurturing environment for local children while setting new standards in sustainability. Explore how this initiative will benefit the community and transform early education.

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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 Helderberg eco edu-centre https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/helderberg-eco-edu-centre/ https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/helderberg-eco-edu-centre/#respond Fri, 05 Feb 2021 19:39:59 +0000 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/?p=70928 An eco-friendly, multi-purpose centre is being built from tyres, rammed earth, and eco-bricks in the beautiful Helderberg Nature Reserve.

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]]> https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/helderberg-eco-edu-centre/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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