Sacred Sands: A Strawbale B&B Guest Retreat

We are all in need of some good old R&R from time to time, and the Sacred Sands Guest Retreat in Joshua Tree, California is just the sort of (green) destination to cure what ails you. This two guest room

CALEARTH DISASTER RESISTANT HOUSING Attracts NASA

We've seen some great examples of emergency and disaster-resistant architecture before, from Architecture For Humanity's Biloxi Model Homes to monolithic domes, and considering the likelihood that we will

ROBO-BUILDER LAUNCHING IN CALIFORNIA

We wrote about Behrokh Khoshnevis’ awe-inspiring, rapid-prototyping “robo builder” in 2005 when it was still a work in progress. But now, the University of Southern California

GREEN BUILDING 101: Location & Community

Where do you want to live? Today kicks off Inhabitat's summer series, Green Building 101, our weekly column covering the fundamentals of green building. This series will be structured around the U.S.

RAMMED EARTH

Have you been dying to know what rammed earth is? Well, today is your lucky day. Alternative builder / programmer Richard Schave is here to explain it to us... Rammed earth is an ancient building

Print a house in 24 hours with robots!

You may have heard of 3D printing, but did you know that rapid prototyping has grown to architectural scale? Inventor Behrokh Khoshnevis has developed a contour crafting machine which will allow one to