
Adam Weismann and Katy Bryce over at Clayworks in Cornwall, UK, sent me a lovely email. I took a look at their site – WOW!
One of the first projects we were involved in was the rebuilding of a Victorian folly called ‘Alice’s Seat’, at Trebah gardens, that had crumbled to the ground. We remixed the cob by foot and hand dug the extra clay that we needed from a pit next to the folly. This was the point at which we reviewed our use of machinery! From this point forward we have always used a JCB or mini digger to mix our cob. We decided that ‘sustainable building’ must encompass the sustaining of oneself as well as the planet.
Adam and Katy are also the authors of two natural building books:



Check out their site and their blog to learn more!
Architecture Addiction’s 9-day Field Trip to Peru features a guided sightseeing tour of Cusco.
I found this day-in-the-life style video taken in Cusco that I thought you’d like to see.
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We leave July 30, 2011, and return August 7, 2011.
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I am starting a new kind of architecture school. Unlike most architecture schools, you wouldn't have to submit GRE scores or good grades or letters of recommendation. You wouldn't have to put the rest of your life on hold for 3 to 5 years. You wouldn't have to accrue tens of thousands of dollars in debt. At my architecture school, anyone could come for a few weeks and learn how to build a house with their own two hands. My teachers would take skills and concepts from some of these other workshops I've listed above... except classes would be held year-round to make it easy to fit into your schedule. I would have a number of different campuses around the country that would teach building designs appropriate to the local climate. And I need your help. Can you donate land for a campus? Can you dotate books for a library? Can you teach a workshop? Can you provide start-up capital? Let me know.
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