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American Ingenuity ...has been in
business since 1976 providing building plans and
manufacturing dome building kits that are
super-strong and super-energy efficient. To date A.I.
has sold over 550 kits into 46 U.S.A states and
seven foreign areas
Timberline Geodesics ... For more than 35 years,
we've been dedicated to designing Timberline
Geodesic Dome packages that make it easy, practical
and affordable for people to construct their own
homes. Timberline Geodesic Dome Homes use our unique
and patented SteelStar connector system that assures
you can construct your dome with precision and
confidence, even if you’ve never built anything
before. Our easy to follow illustrated Assembly
Manual and pre-cut, pre-drilled color coded lumber
virtually eliminate the possibility of confusion or
mistakes.
Good Karma Geodesic Domes ....The
Good Karma Domes
website is designed to answer your questions about
dome home construction and reflect our 34 years of
dome expertise. We are always happy to answer
questions. We offer a great dome; its erecting, its
dome roofing (elastomeric and shingle), and the
installation of ledger boards, extensions, cupolas,
and windows. We also offer to pre-cut sheetrock or
paneling on site. The engineers, architects, and
conventional home builders that live in our domes
are testimony to our methods and quality!
Econ-O-Domes ...Dome Home
Kits for Building Domes and Round Homes since 1982.
Sturdy Econ-O-Dome Kit Built Buildings are Storm and
Hurricane Safer Round Homes. Precision Cut Kit Homes
have Ten Equal Sides. Ten-Equal-Sided Foundation and
Floor is Easier to Build. New Dome Home Kit Design
includes vertical framing at perimeter for
Conventional Doors, Windows, & Skylights.
Oregon Domes ....It's time for an Oregon
Dome. Our geodesic homes are
unique, yet can please even those with the most
traditional tastes. We integrate your site, budget,
and desire for functional spaces, including ample
storage. Energy and resource efficient, our
panelized building system does "more for less
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Under Ground Homes....I'd
like to introduce you to myself and my company,
"Home Sweet Earth Home". We are designers and
builders of fine earth sheltered homes since 1977.
Davis Caves ....Builders & developers of
earth-sheltered homes since 1977...worldwide
Earth Sheltered Technology , Inc. ....
Thank you for your interest in our
award-winning concept of earth sheltered living.
Several hundred of our homes have been built across
the country, and they are proving to do exactly as
we advertise. Our home is the most unique earth
sheltered home on the market today, as no other
earth sheltered structure offers a true domed,
cathedral-type ceiling. Our clients are finding that
it costs less than half as much to live in one of
our homes as it does in a conventional home
Earth Sheltered Homes - Rocky Mountain Research
Center
Our Cool House....A Maryland adventure in Energy
Smart, Not So Big living.
Rather than building a traditional Energy-Hog home,
or even a non-traditional Energy-Efficient home, our
new home is a unique fusion of energy efficient
techniques, and environmental sanity. Our goal was
to create a home that uses the sun, earth and water
to create a pleasant living environment where we can
enjoy the wildlife, and which also reduces our
demands on non-sustainable resources. I think we
succeeded!
Cumbria’s First Earth-Sheltered House....We
live in an earth-sheltered house that we have built
in an old, disused quarry site in the east of
Cumbria. The project to build the house started in
April 2002 and we moved in just over six months
later in the first part of October. The site also
includes a farm animal veterinary workspace
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A House of Straw ...Welcome to my Walden: This
load-bearing straw bale house was built by me,
Carolyn Roberts, consultant Jon Ruez, and many
friends on evenings and weekends, using natural
(straw bale walls, earthen plasters, earthen floor)
and recycled materials wherever possible (wonderful
series of construction pictures to check out)
New Straw Bale House ....At Solar Haven
The Straw Bale House Blog.....is
the official Blog of www.StrawBale.com, a world
leader in straw bale education. I'm your host Andrew
Morrison, a Southern Oregon based contractor
specializing in straw bale construction......
StrawBale.com.....is owned and managed by Straw
Bale Innovations, LLC, a company dedicated to
providing you with the very latest information and
techniques on straw bale construction
Organicforms Design....With the way that the
world is moving in the construction industry, it is
getting more and more expensive to build. Building
materials in general have increased in cost
considerably in the past few years...Straw bale
building is becoming one of the
most viable
alternatives to conventional
construction......
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Earthship Landing....A Pictorial History....My
name is Stuart Simmons and I built an Earthship home
near Durango, Colorado. I decided to make the photo
journey of my experience available to the public
because there wasn't much available in the WWW Land
about alternative structures and there is quite a
bit of interest in building alternatively.....
Earthship Biotecture ....based in Taos, NM, USA
is a global company offering proven, totally
sustainable designs, construction drawings &
details, products, educational materials, lectures /
presentations, consultation & guidance toward
getting people in sustainable housing. From single
family to colony / community / city complexes....
Touch The Earth Construction .....Residential
Designs using hybridized practical building
techniques beneficial to the Earth and the end user,
standing firmly on used tires as an easily
obtainable/free common-sense building material that
removes problem waste from the eco-cycle
Pleasant Valley Earthship ....We built a 1600 sq
foot, 3 U, generic Earthship with the latest in
system technology to provide for all our needs.
Catch water, photovoltaic electricity, solar mass
and a water filtration system that reuses water
three times are components of this type of home.
Maybe you can join us in the process of creating a
better world!....
Our Earthship ...We
set out to build one of these amazing structures and
would like to share our experiences with you. It has
been an incredible journey...
Allen and Pat Gooch's Earthship....At the
time we started construction of our Earthship (July
1997) this style of building was called an "Expanded
Nest Earthship". Now, this style of building is
called a "VeeGee" or VG because of the vertical
glass. Many Earthships are constructed with sloped
glass instead of vertical glass, these buildings are
typically called Generic Earthships or simply,
Earthships. We prefer to call our home, Nido de
Libertad, Spanish for Nest of Liberty
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Alternative Building Webring ....lots of really
good info on all sorts Alternative Home building
styles .
Vital Systems ...Vital Systems is
an ecological building, design and consulting
company formed in 1997.We work with a range of
sustainable building systems, including strawbale,
cob, bamboo, natural plasters, recycled and green
products, as well as renewable energy, waste and
water systems...
Passive Solar Design ....Passive solar design
refers to the use of the sun's energy for the
heating and cooling of living spaces. In this
approach, the building itself or some element of it
takes advantage of natural energy characteristics in
materials and air created by exposure to the sun.
Passive systems are simple, have few moving parts,
and require minimal maintenance and require no
mechanical systems....
Dirt Cheap Builder ...wonderful resource site
with a great collection of Alternative Building
Books at very good prices.
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The Cob Cottage Co ....Our inspiration comes
from direct observation of Nature, and from the
wisdom of traditional cultures. We are committed to
deconsumerizing, to reducing the flow of cash,
resources and waste, and helping others to do the
same. We work with a wide range of natural
materials. About 50 cob demonstration buildings all
over North America are now open to visitors....
Groundworks ...."I believe that building with
cob is a way to recreate community and experience
the joy of working together while taking back the
right to build our own homes and look after our
Mother Earth."
COB Together .....Building with natural materials
like cob, strawbale, paper crete, earthen plasters and
floors, sustainably harvested wood, and reused materials
allows you to create beautiful, efficient, inexpensive
and livable spaces while walking lightly on the earth.
This makes sense not only for the planet, but also for
folks wanting to revitalize cooperative culture and have
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Log Home
Manufacturers
Appalachian Log Homes ...... At Appalachian Log
Homes, we pride ourselves on our old-fashioned
values of respect, loyalty and honesty. And we
deliver them with an intense dedication to customer
service. Without question, we strive for the highest
degree of personal and professional excellence
Precision Craft ....Log & Timber Homes .At
PrecisionCraft Log Homes & Timber Homes,
high-quality design of custom log homes and timber
frame homes is the focus of our business.....
B&H Cedar Log Homes & Cabins ...located in
Fredericksburg, Virginia, has over 20 years
experience in the manufacture, sale, design and
construction of log homes (or as some prefer, log
cabins). Since first entering the business, over
2,000 Cedar log home kits have been delivered in the
US, Japan and Korea. B&H no longer manufactures log
homes; however, over the years we have established
relationships with the most modern, dependable mills
in New England and Canada - "White Cedar Country."
We now offer log homes & cabins made from popular,
lower cost White Pine and we are expanding our
product line with dove tail corners, butt & pass
corners, saddle notch corners and a variety of log
profiles; all in addition to our classic post & beam
construction of log homes with 8"x 8" corner posts.
Real Log Homes .....REAL LOG HOMES®
is one of the oldest names in the log home industry.
We're dedicated to designing some of the most unique
log homes in the world — durable, comfortable,
elegant log homes with an easy sophistication. When
you select REAL LOG HOMES®, you are
choosing a 40-year team with experienced design and
manufacturing, time-honored craftsmanship, and
exceptional personal service....
Kuhns Brothers Log Homes Inc.
...Designer and
builder of log home kits. Photos and floorplan
database available
Portable
Sawmills
Woodmizer ...Wood-Mizer
is the undisputed world leader in sawmill sales,
with over 30,000 mills in use in 110 countries.
Wood-Mizer has dozens of branches worldwide, to
serve customers on every corner of the map
Timber King ....Founded in 1929 under the name "Belsaw,"
TimberKing is America's oldest manufacturer of
one-man sawmills.
Bailey's ....Celebrating 31 Years of Service -
Since 1975 .The World's largest Mail Order Woodsman
Supplies Company Selling at Discounted Prices! With
warehouses in California and Tennessee, we sell
products for: Timber Harvesting and Management
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Yurt
Manufacturers....
Pacific Yurts , Oregon ...The Pacific Yurt goes
where you want to be.
We invite you to step inside and imagine the
possibilities. Pacific Yurts sets the highest
standard for quality, service, and proven
product performance. As the original designer
and manufacturer of the modern yurt, we have
built a 25 year track record of success and
innovation.....
Lars Yurt Page ....I live in
a yurt on an organic farm in the
Willamette Valley in Western Oregon. ...
My yurt was manufactured by Pacific
Yurts of Cottage Grove, Oregon
The Colorado Yurt Company ....Things have
changed a lot since we had our first shop along
the Blue River south of Breckenridge, Colorado
in 1977. Back then we called ourselves
Earthworks— the name we still use for our
internationally known tipis. Now we are a crew
of over 25 people and occupy over 12,000 square
feet of shop space in a neighborhood in
Montrose, Colorado.....
Yurt Living .....Yurts can
provide a simple full-time permanent home or an
inexpensive weekend getaway. There are many
options from building your own to buying a
complete kit.... Tipi Makers...
Nomadics Tipi Makers....
www.tipi.com
Reese Tipis ....www.reesetipis.com
Tent Smiths ....www.tentsmiths.com
Reliable Tents & Tipis ...www.reliabletent.com
RK Lodges .....www.rklodges.com
Sweetwater Tipis .....www.sweetwatertipi.com
Earthworks Tipis .....www.coloradoyurt.com/tipis.htm
SS&A TRADERS .....www.buffalorobe.com/BUFFALO-PRODUCTS.htm
BUFFALO HIDE TIPIS are
precisely constructed using the techniques of the
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