Morocco earthquake: why traditional earthen architecture is not to blame for the destruction communities have endured https://t.co/3Af8NXjyG8 via @ConversationUK
Oh my gosh, this was exceptionally fun. I recently had a lovely conversation on the podcast by @JNaturalBuilder
Check it out here: https://t.co/bgitnzeqAO
'Joints in Timber Framing' - a webinar by Tony Harding looking at carpentry in some early Dunster houses. Thursday 27 January at 7.30pm, organised by Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. Free but donations welcome. Details at https://t.co/F9Xt0KJpXg.
This is one of the cob homes built by architect and natural builder Ileana Mavrodin of Casa Verde [https://t.co/To2uUpvvfG] in Banat, Romania. She, with a few others, are using natural materials in Romania to help people rediscover their local skills and community spirit.
Before there were processed materials, synthetics, and fossil fuel derived materials, there was raw earth.
There still is, and when it comes to end of its life on a wall, it can be returned to the earth.
#clayplaster