Earth Architecture.org
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The Earth Architecture website focuses on architecture constructed of raw earth and serves as a database for the dissemination of events, resources, and images of earthen architecture in the context of contemporary architectural culture. |
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DIB
Danish International Human Settlement Service (DK) |
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DIB is a Danish non-governmental organisation, working in the field of human settlement in developing countries. The overall objective of DIB is to promote sustainable and integrated development among the poor through an enabling approach. |
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Development workshop
France (F) |
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DWF is a non profit association working to improve living conditions for the poor in less developed communities. Currently DWF manages and supports programmes and projects in West Africa and Indo-China, Asia and Central America. DWF actively promotes the development of local responsibility for programme management. |
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Heimstatt Tschernobyl e.V.
Germany/Russia (D) |
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The charity for resettlement, integration and reconciliation for a future after Tschernobyl builds earthen houses in Belarussia to help the people in their own land. |
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EREC Earthen Building
Resource List
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse, USA |
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An english language bibliography and link list on earth building techniques from the US Dept of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. |
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The Earth Building Foundation
New Mexico, USA |
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Established at the School of Architecture and Planning, University of New Mexico, the EBF aims to collect and distribute information on earth building and to encourage its use throughout the world. To this end the EBF runs courses, seminars, workshops, organises conferences and has set up a bibliography and image bank of earth building related publications. It is also actively involved in dissemination of adobe, rammed earth and straw bale building codes for New Mexico.
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South West Solar Adobe Builder
New Mexico, USA |
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Originally started 25 years ago as adobe building classes, Adobebuilder.com and the South West Solar Adobe school in Bosque, USA have been active in promoting building with large-format adobe earth blocks. They conduct classes throughout South West America and have been instrumental in the development of earthbuilding codes to protect the industry and the rights of contractors and owner-builders. The SWSA also publishes Adobe Builder, a publication about earthbuilding. |
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ABCTerra
Brasil |
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The "Associação Brasileira dos Construtores com Terra", the Brazilian Association of Earthen Builders was established in 1997 as a NGO with the aim of promoting, stimulating and developing architecture with raw earth in Brazil. Through research, qualification techniques, execution of works and assembly of a documentation library, ABCTerra hopes to become a centre of reference for earthen building in Latin America. |
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fundacion Tierra Viva
Columbia |
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A Columbian foundation for the promotion and investigation of earthen building among academics, architects, engineers and other building professionals in Columbia. The foundation conducts academic and technical investigations and has arranged conferences on earthen building and appropriate technology in Latin America. |
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PROTERRA
Latin America |
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PROTERRA is multilateral international project and technical cooperative whose focus is the dissemination of earth construction technologies within productive sectors to impact the social policies of Latin American countries. At present PROTERRA has more than 50 members including universities, research centers and companies from 15 Latin American countries. (Spanish and Portuguese language website) |
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EcoSur
Africa and Latin America |
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The Network for an Ecologically and Economically Sustainable Habitat. EcoSur strives to promote the use of "Ecomaterials", semi-industrialised and ecologically and economically viable materials, in building throughout Africa and Latin America - most notably MCR (MicroConcrete Roofing tiles) and sun-baked adobe bricks. As a roots organisation for technology transfer it also supports academic investigation into new building materials and techniques |
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Auroville Building Centre
India |
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Founded in 1989, the Earth Unit of the Auroville Building Centre aims to research, develop, promote and transfer earth-based technologies, which are cost and energy effective. These technologies are disseminated through training courses, seminars, workshops, publications and consultancy within and outside India. The main expertise is with Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks (CSEB), but the AVBC also promotes manual rammed earth and other earth based technologies. |
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EBAA Earth Building
Association of Australia
Victoria, Australia |
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The EBAA is a non-profit organisation open to all with an interest in earthen building with the aim of fostering and promoting the use of earth building in Australia and worldwide. |
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Earth Building Research Forum
Sydney, Australia |
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The Earth Building Research Forum was established by the Faculty of Architecture and Building at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia to investigate material properties and constructional aspects of earthbuilding, with particular reference to cement stabilised pressed earth bricks. |
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Earth Building Association
of New Zealand
New Zealand |
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EBANZ, the Earth Building Association of New Zealand, produces a bi-monthly newsletter sent to all members covering many aspects of earth building, and also provides equipment, literature, and expertise to its members in New Zealand. EBANZ aims to facilitate networking between its members and all those interested in the earthen building. |
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