Watch the fascinating process of turning earth, water, and natural materials into a sturdy mud house. This traditional ...

L.A. County officials signaled interest in rebuilding in fire zones with natural materials, such as adobe, but advocates say their policies make it nearly impossible.

Welcome to Part 1 of our most ambitious jungle build yet! We're creating a stunning bamboo villa house complete with a heated swimming pool and a hand-crafted water slide, all made using natural ...

Natural building using less flammable materials gain interest post-wildfires Officials open to alternative building materials like adobe Challenges include financing and insurance for new ...

Editor's note: Pictures 4-8 courtesy of naturalhomes.org. Forget about the usual building materials such as concrete, vinyl siding or pink foam insulation when it comes to Paulina Wojciechowska's ...

In one home, we created three distinct outdoor bathing areas: a dockside shower, a tub and a hot tub. Each serves a different use, but all are unified by the choice of materials and thoughtful ...

Natural Building Materials In the last decade, timber construction has rapidly gained ground in the building industry, becoming common even in metropolitan areas. As building with wood becomes more ...

The curvilinear building extensively makes use of locally sourced, recycled, and natural building materials like bamboo, fly ash, recycled wood, scraps metal, and stone. Built surrounding the ...

You might think building a green home automatically means you’re building one with good indoor air quality. That’s not necessarily the case. There’s no guarantee eco-friendly materials are ...

Natural, organic and plant-based building materials can provide great solutions for low-energy, sustainable construction. But their use is too often dismissed out of hand based on unwarranted ...

Produced by Sto, the short documentary ‘Building in Colour’ is a cinematic exploration into the role of materials and color in architecture, taking the work of Stirling Prize-winning architect ...

Fans of "natural building" techniques, like the cob used by Pedersen, see need and opportunity. Adobe bricks made of clay, sand and straw, similar to cob, have long been used in the Southwest.