Last weekend's Chronicle included an article on a woman who made her house out of soil. Sandy Lawrence, the owner of vegetarian restaurant Ubuntu in Napa, built a 3,136-square foot house on 90 acres of land with a winery and gardens that supply the restaurant.
Napa Restaurant Owner Connects to Earth with Home Made of Soil
SF Chronicle: 04.12.08
Rammed Earth Works made the home of recycled materials -- and Lawrence's earth, which is mixed with cement and water "into temporarily erected boxes that, when removed, hold 18-inch-thick walls that require no painting or finishing, not to mention no Sheetrock."
Click here for Susan Fornoff's article.
Images: Eric Luse
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Sounds like a nice place.
One person's simplicity indeed...
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On one hand I'm glad more and more people are trying to build or renovate green but I think they are missing the simplest principle of all which is smaller is better for the environment.
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I love rammed earth, strawbale, and cob houses. I also love the more eco friendly prefabs. What are don't love are the pricetags and trying to get them past planning depts.
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