I spent most of the morning helping to build an environmentally friendly home for a friend in town. If you've heard of Earthships then you'll be familiar with the philosophy and construction of these homes. Essentially they are environmentally friendly homes, but they have the added benefit of being beautiful works of art when they are done.
This one isn't a tire house. It has more in common with straw bale construction than anything else, but also uses reclaimed timber and building materials. The results so far are promising. It's a structure with varing boxes, roofs and courtyard walls that somehow fit together among the Joshua Trees. I'm eager to see the finished product, but know that these building take time. Since they are not constructed in a typical manner, it's not unheard of to have them take a few years to build to completion. Still, it has a promising start. We did take some photos today, so I'll post them up when I get a copy.
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