ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR BUILDING A HOUSE
NON TIMBER
BUILDING MATERIALS
Starter pack in earth building.
www.startingpoint.com.au
Home Plans. The earth builders plan
catalogue. http://users.pipeline.com.au/jbarton
Exploring the options available when
building a sustainable home www.newtonhouse.info
Tipis by Don O'Connor PO Box 395
Daylesford, Vic 3460 Ph: 03 5348 7506 Strawbale building workshops
www.gentleearthwalking.com.au
Eco Building advice, designs, plans for
councils, inspections for homes in Adelaide, 35 years experience Phone Jack 08
8261 9049 www.jmetcalf.net
Mongolian Gers/Yurts imported
from Mongolia viktor@mongolianadventures.com
Bohdan
Dorniak @ Co Pty Ltd Architects and town planners. Environmentally sustainable,
energy efficient building desin and documentation. Spesialising in strawbale
and alternative construction technologies. 47 Propect Rd, Prospect, SA 5082
bdco@merlin.net.au
The Earthcare centre, a substantial
building of rammed earth, mudbricks and strawbale, provides space for
workshops, educational courses and displays. http://www.earthcare.org.au/
Book: Earth Garden Building
Book Design and Build Your Own House
http://www.landlinks.com/nid/20/pid/4980.htm
#### RAMMED EARTH ####
Australian Rammed Earth
Builders http://www.hahaha.com.au/rammed.earth/links.htm
Rammed earth
walls are constructed by ramming a mixture of selected aggregates, including gravel,
sand, silt and a small amount of clay, into place between flat panels called
formwork. http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/fs34c.htm
Rammed Earth -
with a veneer of science
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/good_wood/rammed_e.htm
Terrafirma Rammed Earth's website
http://www.rammedearth.com.au/home.htm
Earth Building Research Forum
http://ebi.dab.uts.edu.au/
Rammed Earth Constructions
Pty Ltd was set up in 1989, to meet a demand for rammed earth homes in the
newly established Crystal Waters Permaculture Village
http://www.rammedearthconstructions.com.au/
Rammed earth
(pise) versus mudbrick (adobe)
http://www.hotkey.net.au/~bobrich/mudsmith/builsamp.html
INNOVATIVE
DESIGN - Rammed Earth Walling System
http://www.aireyryanandhill.com.au/innovative/rammed.htm
..see
also http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/space/SpaceRepublish_121761.htm
The FORMBLOCK Wall Building Kit is
an easy to assemble modular system of in-situ block making formwork, suitable
for stabilized earth, or concrete http://www.formblock.com.au/index.htm
Book: Pisé (Rammed Earth)
Construction http://www.landlinks.com/nid/18/pid/2982.htm
Other books
http://www.eco.com.au/ecobookshop/category20_1.htm
A step-by-step trip through the
construction process http://www.middlepath.com.au/temple/
Poured earth,
rammed earth and concrete An article from EARTH GARDEN Magazine
http://www.hotkey.net.au/~bobrich/mudsmith/eg.html
Info on earth walls
http://www.aseg.net/faq.htm
OVERSEAS
Skillful Means
is an architecture and construction firm commited to making buildings that are
healthy for the people who use them, for the larger community, and the
environment.
#### COB ####
Building with Cob by
Ianto Evans http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/good_wood/cob.htm
The wonderful world of cob or
earth building in Australia is flexible and creative
http://enviro.org.au/cob_building.asp
OVERSEAS
Down to Earth Building Bee
The Cob Cottage Company
GreenHomeBuilding
Earthedworld
Daycreek
Cob in Cornwall – ecologically
conscious builders
A Multi-Media Visit
with Ianto Evans and Linda Smiley on New Developments in the World of Cob
Building
City Farmer's Cob Shed
Welcome to COB Together! Featuring natural
building workshops with cob, strawbale, and light straw-clay
#### STRAWBALE ####
Earth Garden
Strawbale Information Pages
http://www.earthgarden.com.au/strawbale/strawhome.html
Strawbale cottage 'The willow's muse'
www.strawbalecottage.com
Huff 'n' Puff Strawbale Constructions
http://strawbale.archinet.com.au/
Construction
systems Straw Bale http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/fs34e.htm
Strawbale.com.au
http://www.strawbale.com.au/content.php?id=1&ch=Home
Interesting info from the Newton house
website http://www.newtonhouse.info/straw.htm
Straw-bale
building, a project by Nikki Brookman and Catherine Oermann Trinity College
Gawler http://www.users.bigpond.com/brookman/strawbaleBuildingProject.htm
Book: Practical Straw Bale
Building by Murray Hollis http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/4863.htm
Book: The New Strawbale
Home by Catherine Wanek http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/3989.htm
The IronStraw Group (USA)
http://www.safecom.org.au/straw1.htm
Are straw bale
houses an answer to the building crisis by ABC
http://www.abc.net.au/northtas/stories/s1052906.htm
Straw
Bale House (Jo and Kerry Armstrong in Beenleigh) http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/2000/archives/2000/home_among_the_gum_trees/around_the_home/straw_bale_house
Mitch
built his straw bale house on 60 hectares http://ourhouse.ninemsn.com.au/ourhouse/factsheets/db/openhouse/09/997.asp
OVERSEAS
Skillful Means
is an architecture and construction firm commited to making buildings that are
healthy for the people who use them, for the larger community, and the
environment.
We offer a design, advice,
consultancy and training service to prospective builders,
self-builders, architects and community groups who want to build with straw
bales.
Welcome to my Walden! This load-bearing straw bale house was built by me,
Carolyn Roberts, and many friends on evenings and weekends, using natural (straw
bale walls, earthen plasters, earthen floor) and recycled materials wherever
possible
Vital Systems is an ecological building,
design and consulting company formed in 1997
One World Design is
an architectural firm which specializes in sustainable natural building -
especially straw-bale construction
La maison en paille (in French)
Les compaillons (in French)
#### HEMP ####
Build your house from hemp