The need for fire-resistant homes is only going to increase as the frequency and severity of wildfires continues to increase. So far this year, over 26,500 wildfires have burned through more than 1.1 ...

But the showstopper on the property are its three adobe domes. The domes were built by ... and a strawbale pump house that holds the well. Gibbons made other improvements to the property, like ...

It's built with super adobe walls ... a real world solution for how to house the world's exploding population using sustainable materials. Thousands of dome structures and shelters have been ...

Ellen Snortland and her husband have now lost a home to fire, another to flooding and another to a mudslide — and they’re tired of fighting the elements. “We are going to have to deal with extreme ...

Most of the adobe houses he saw could not withstand earthquakes ... he said. Visitors to the domes, including many from abroad, have been inspired, however. “This is a building you can make ...

but I wasn't convinced that adobe was the best material for forming the roof of a dome, even if plastered and sealed. I fell in love with Nader Khalili's fired ceramic houses, which led me down ...

including natural earth materials like adobe, bamboo, straw, or mud, as well as modern concrete replacements like hemp and mycelium. Part of what makes dome homes so sustainable lies in their design.

For Boulderite Andrew McBryan and his family, living in “The Dome” in Vail ... s not like other houses. There are no sharp edges,” Affleck said. “It lives like adobe.

from the layered adobe brick of Pueblo homes in New Mexico to the Cappadocia-esque caves and bunker-like geodesic domes of Tatooine in Star Wars. Later, that fascination took on a new bent as I ...