“…Students will spend 10 days at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage learning the fundamental craft of straw bale construction, as well as plastering techniques with clay and lime, creating artistic embellishments, and more.
Students will start the straw bale building process from step one — preparing, stacking, and securing straw bale walls, and finishing the walls with plaster made from local materials. Expect to work hard, get your hands dirty, and learn all of the ins and outs to building an actual home with straw bales and local, natural materials.…”
July 22-Aug 2, 201`2
https://shltr.net/H4uXNr
“DestinationOM’s Studio on Saltspring Island, BC.… It happily stood up to 100km/h + winds the night before last. I built the entire studio (8′ x 12′) including all the entire trim/electrical and finishings for $2300. The floor and the stairs cost $1100! So the rest of the building cost $1200 – free windows, door, metal roofing and almost free bevelled cedar siding. The floor is made of birch ply with 5 coats of hi gloss varathane; the stairs were custom made by a friend on the island called www.toughtinywelder.ca.…
-Guarang”
https://www.destinationom.com/
Just sorting through my notes from the past few weeks, this is a company in Oakland, California, that designs homes, but also has a series of small buildings (144 sq. ft. and larger) featuring salvaged wood and modular construction
“RIKYU House blends the elegance and sensitivity of traditional Japanese design with a sincere and holistic commitment to green building. Through a patented building system enabling custom design and the use of standardized parts, RIKYU House is aesthetically beautiful, environmentally conscious, and affordable.”
https://www.joinerystructures.com/
Hello Lloyd,
…I was first introduced by my husband 12 years ago to your work. One day I plan on building a home of my own with my own hands.
Anyway, I thought you might like this picture I took a couple years ago while on vacation in Panama. We were staying in Playon Chico, this is a tiny island nearby that I think was no longer lived in when I took this. It is the most beautiful and peaceful place I’ve ever been, full of kind and wonderful people.
Hope you’re well, thanks for all you do,
Caitlin and Shannon
“…This remodel was completed using all reclaimed materials. This small house was first built in the 1940s. Since then it has been through a lot. From a goose-check station, to rental house, and now this wonderful remodel.
Photos by Lincoln Barbour/tiny house design by Jessica Helgerson…”
https://shltr.net/tnyhome40s
One of the featured sections in Tiny Homes is this demolition/construction company near Austin, Texas, today written up on the inhabitat.com website: “Based out of Luling, Texas, Brad Kittel has been working in the salvage mining and building business for 30 years and for the last five years or so has been practicing “pure salvage building”. Kittel and his crew deconstruct and salvage old buildings, mining them for materials that they turn into tiny, handcrafted homes. Tiny Texas Homes are rustic, smartly designed and efficiently built in their factory before being delivered to your site.…”
https://shltr.net/ttexonroad
“Watershed House 70 square feet FLOAT Architectural Research and Design Wren, Oregon Built for a writer who wanted to channel his own inner Thoreau, the tiny Watershed House has got to offer some of the most stylish living available in 70 square feet. Reducing a cramped feeling, the cabin has lots of openings to let the light and the scenery in.”
https://pinterest.com/oddtonic/tiny-houses-and-boats/
This Friday I’m doing a slide show/book signing at Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino, Calif
— Friday March 16, 6:30 p.m. Next night, Saturday, same at North Town Books in Arcata, Calif. at 7 PM.
Then next week I’ll be at Bookshop Santa Cruz on Wednesday March 21st at 7:30 PM.
We have sold out of the first printing of 15,000 copies; the 2nd printing of 12,500 is due to arrive at the PGW warehouse in early April. We are currently backordered some 5000 copies. Yahoo!
“…Students will spend 10 days at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage learning the fundamental craft of straw bale construction, as well as plastering techniques with clay and lime, creating artistic embellishments, and more.
