How to build a beautiful wood stove from clay Building a beautiful wood stove from clay can be a rewarding and practical project. It involves several steps, including designing the stove, gathering ...

L.A. County officials signaled interest in rebuilding in fire zones with natural materials, such as adobe, but advocates say ...

Traditional techniques and materials like grass and clay aren't the only ones being utilised at Wa Samaki– they also use discarded materials to reduce waste. An on-site gazebo is made from ...

While clay is widely used to build basic structures such as huts, we typically don't see it being utilized in large-scale construction projects. That could soon change, however, thanks to a ...

Both new constructions and projects utilizing repurposed clay materials are encouraged. Innovation Meets Sustainability As a building material, brick is uniquely suited to today's construction ...

Fans of "natural building" techniques, like the cob used by Pedersen, see need and opportunity. Adobe bricks made of clay, sand and straw, similar to cob, have long been used in the Southwest.

In the back of the building, the atmospheric soda kiln awaits the next firing. Each round of firing, the kiln reaches 2350–2500°F which allows the soda to vaporize and react with the clay ...

For clay-based structures like the ones Ramjit is building, being raised off the ground is a necessity to protect the clay from absorbing too much moisture from the earth. Repurposing waste ...