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Earthbag Building by Kelly Hart, a review of the book Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques by Kaki Hunter and Donald Kiffmeyer. |
| Step by Step Earthbag Construction by Dr. Owen Geiger describes in pictures and words the eight basic steps of building vertical walls with earthbags. |
| The Earthbag Architecture of Akio Inoue by Kelly Hart, describes some of the work of Japanese professor Akio Inoue. |
| Post-Tsunami Affordable Housing Project by Dr. Owen Geiger, decribes his concept for an earthbag home for use in the tsunami-impacted region of Southeast Asia. |
| Earthbag Advantages Over Other Earth Building Methods by Dr. Owen Geiger compares various factors in a chart. |
| Building with Earthbags by Joseph F. Kennedy outlines the history and use of eathbags for construction in 1997 when it was written. |
| The Honey House by Kaki Hunter and Doni Kiffmeyer describes how they built a small earthbag dome. |
| Tatu Penrith's Sandbag Hideaway is a haven on top of the world and an appealing terracotta and green house with thick walls that give it an earthy, handmade look. |
| The Alison Kennedy House in Moab, Utah is the first permitted earthbag house in Utah. Described by Kaki Hunter and Doni Kiffmeyer. |
| The Sand Castle: Steve and Carol Escott built a two story home on the remote island of Rum Cay, Bahamas, assisted by Kaki Hunter and Doni Kiffmeyer. |
| The Earthbag House May Solve Filipino's Problems ...the Earthbag Construction System is proving to be fast, inexpensive, sturdy and environmentally friendly. It also does not require an army of professionals to build – just eager, willing and able people of both sexes and all ages. |
| Earthbag Construction Maximizes Flexibility A new Bureau of Land Management (BLM) permitting station in Bluff, Utah, provides a strong conservation message to boaters in advance of any trip on the San Juan River. |
| OM Dome: Trevor Lytle Interview with Owen Geiger describes Trevor's involvement in building a Sound Temple in Thailand. |
| Earth Architecture and Ceramics: The Sandbag/Superadobe/Superblock Construction System by Nader Khalili and Phill Vittore |
| Lunar and Terrestrial Sustainable Building Technology in the New Millenium: An Interview with Nader Khalili |
| The Sandbag Shelters of Nader Khalili describes the work of Nader Khalili and CalEarth in introducing his Superadobe concept around the world. |
| The Merits of Earthbag Building is a PDF file of the first chapter of Earthbag Building by Kaki Hunter and Donald Kiffmeyer, published by New Society. |
| The Sustainable Living Center Foundation describes the use of an earthbag grade beam foundation. |
| Staff Housing for Twin Streams Environmental Education Center-Mtunzini is a PDF file describing a unique approach to building large, vertical wall structures without buttressing, that utilize simple lattice frames to help support the walls. |
| Eco-Beam and Sandbag Homes explains more about the building system described above. |
| Site Specific: The highly visible art of Nobuho Nagasawa profiles the artwork of Japanese artist Nobuho Nagasawa, which includes many large sandbag structures. |
| A Rice Hull Studio describes a writing sudio made from earthbags filled with rice hulls. |
| Using Earthbags as Ceiling Insulation describes the use of earthbags filled with a variety of natural insulating materials to insulate roofs and then covering these with natrual fiber mats for the finish ceiling material. |
| Sustainable Characteristics of Earthbag Housing by Brooke Barnes, Mihyun Kang, and Huantian Cao was published in the Housing and Society Journal in 2006. This article evaluates the earthbag house that Kelly Hart designed and built according to the LEED standards. |
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