Alternative Building Construction

My buddy John Mollel found this idea on line and came to do a test earlier this month.  The idea is water runs down to the row of brick ti...

It rained 8 cm (3inches) last night.  the first big rain on some rammed earth garden walls. This wall has no overhang, but a cap of rammed...

(disclaimer - Like most people I have too big of a carbon footprint, and I am a consumer.  I do strive to consume less and have a smaller fo...

A wood fired pizza oven has been on the 'agenda' for some years.  I don't know what I am doing (what's new) so I was hoping ...

The kiln went through a firing with the earth plaster roof and there was no additional cracking. The lime wash has held up but no big rai...

These are extreme vaults.  One has to spend a lifetime learning and implementing.  I can dream though. My friend Gaidi is traveling the wo...