Tag Archives: owen geiger

Geopolymer Stones & Earthbags

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Michael Janzen

Voting is heating up at The $300 House Open Design Challenge. This design challenge started out as an idea described by Vijay Govindarajan and Christian Sarkar in a blog post at the Harvard Business Review. They proposed that it might be possible for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Construction Method | Tagged $300 House, competition, earthbag, Geopolymer, owen geiger | 9 Comments

$300 Earthbag House

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Michael Janzen

This is Owen Geiger‘s entry to The $300 House Open Design Challenge. Owen is an earthbag expert and the former Director of Builders Without Borders and Founder and Director of the Geiger Research Institute of Sustainable Building. The design challenge … Continue reading →

Posted in Sustainable Living | Tagged $300 House, competition, earthbag, owen geiger | 2 Comments

WorldHaus Prefab

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Michael Janzen

The folks at faircompanies tipped me off to an interview they recently had with Daniel Gross, the entrepreneur behind a company called WorldHaus. WorldHaus, an Idealab project, has developed a low cost prefab building system intended to provide families in … Continue reading →

Posted in Humanitarian | Tagged Daniel Gross, earthbag, faircompanies, owen geiger, prefab, Video, worldhaus | 21 Comments

Earthbag House Construction Resources

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Michael Janzen

Owen Geiger and Kelly Hart at the Earthbag Building Blog have been busy posting a lot of great detailed information about how to build earthbag structures over the last few months. I’ve been really enjoying their 3D drawings, descriptions, and learning … Continue reading →

Posted in How To | Tagged construction, earthbag, Earthbag Building Blog, Kelly Hart, owen geiger | 9 Comments

Zero Energy One – Earthbag Home

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Owen Geiger is well known for his work with earthbag homes. If you’re not yet familiar with his work, his websites are definitely worth spending some time visiting. The house pictured below is a design for a simple low cost … Continue reading →

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Small Earthbag Home For $1000

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Michael Janzen

I’m especially partial to low-cost housing solutions that push the envelope and demonstrate that a home doesn’t have to be expensive and extravagant to provide it’s owner security and happiness. Owen Geiger recently posted an article on the Earthbag Building … Continue reading →

Posted in Construction Method | Tagged earthbag, Earthbag Building Blog, low-cost housing, owen geiger, reclaimed, recycled, sustainable architecture | 4 Comments

Earthbag House Plans

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Owen Geiger over at Earthbag House Plans has been busy. He has posted the preliminary designs for about 77 plans for earthbag homes available on his newest website. An earthbag home is essentially a home made from the dirt under … Continue reading →

Posted in Plans | Tagged adobe, cob, earthbag, earthen, earthen floor, house plans, owen geiger, tiny house | 9 Comments