In 1941 Frank Lloyd Wright began the Cooperative Homesteads project in Madison Heights, Detroit Michigan. The homes were to cost $1,400 and to keep the costs low they utilized berm and rammed earth construction. It is said that the would be occupants for the houses were drafted during World War II and construction ceased. Read More [ 1 | 2 | 3 ]
Earth Architecture began February 22, 2003 as a way to organize online research on earthen architecture and now, four years of blogging on earth architecture has resulted in an book on the subject that will be published by Princeton Architectural Pres