This cement-block frame, earthbag-infill house was the first of its kind in Utah to receive a building permit. You can build a magnificent shelter with a couple of rolls of barbed wire, a bale of bags ...

This article describes a low cost method of building insulated basement walls without concrete, using geotextiles. Typical basement walls are expensive and use large amounts of concrete, a major ...

Rwandans are set to benefit from low cost-housing made out of a new construction technology "Earthbag", that is currently used in different countries in Asia, USA and Europe. Earthbag construction ...

Largely thanks to Khalili and Cal-Earth (The California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture, which he founded), earthbag building has permeated public consciousness in recent years, although the ...

One big advantage to Earthbags, he says, is that anyone can learn how to use the technology. Good Earth Nepal has already used it to build a primary school with earthquake-resistant structures and ...

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RURAL OSAGE COUNTY — When Keith Fouts was a child and camped with his grandparents on their Lake Pomona lot, he would play on a nearby stretch of property and dream of one day owning it. In 2010, he ...

MADURAI: A two-day international conference on promoting entrepreneurship in innovative construction techniques organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Department of Civil Engineering ...