A San Diego-based company is using old school materials like straw bales and clay to build homes that are more fire-resistant for Southern California residents who worry about wildfires season after ...

Emily Niehaus was working as a loan officer when she see realized that there was a need for affordable, sustainable housing options in her community. So she founded Community Rebuilds – a nonprofit ...

Last year we reported on Big Delta, a massive 3D printer that showed promise as a means of creating cheap housing by using low-cost materials like mud and clay as a building material. The firm behind ...

Light Straw Clay Construction (New Society Publishers, 2017) by Lydia Doleman is an essential how-to guide for those looking to start light straw clay projects. From the basics of LSC to project plans ...

It's a twist on the tale of the Three Little Pigs: a house made of straw, wood and clay, and yes, it will stand up to strong winds. Bobby Ilg, an Ottawa architect and part-time design instructor at ...

Architects in Bulgaria are turning to the wisdom of the past and blending it with modern techniques to build homes that offer refuge from scorching heatwaves. According to the country's National ...

A laneway house being built in lower Gibsons has been turning heads as passersby see natural materials such as clay and straw being tamped in as insolation and watch grass growing on the side of the ...

Patricia Kent’s and Dillon Haggerty’s vision of a naturally built house on 7 acres is coming together, but there’s still plenty of work left to do until the couple can call it a home. “It’s exciting ...