Building - general

• CalEarth Forum
  The California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture is at the cutting edge of Earth Art and Ceramic Architecture technologies today. It is an educational program of the non-profit Geltaftan Foundation, dedicated to research and educating the public on environmentally oriented arts and architecture.
• Earthhaven Eco-Village Links page
  A page with lots of building links!
• Sustainable Architecture, Building & Culture
  This is a comprehensive links site that allows you to tap into a wealth of Web resources on environmentally-inspired building techniques, technologies, architecture and engineering. For those interested in cities particularly, there are links to eco-village and city community sites as well as links to pages on bioregional planning, appropriate technologies, permaculture, etc.
• Rocky Mountain Institute
  On building. Buildings consume nearly a third of America's energy�much of it wasted by inefficient design�while land-use decisions influence another third used in transportation. Real-estate development therefore offers abundant opportunities for saving resources, not to mention reducing waste and restoring damaged land.
• Planet Earth Home, by Mel Moench (Book)
  planet earth home is a compilation of the entire world's knowledge and technology for new self-sufficient home designs. It is organized as a reference work covering virtually all related technologies such as solar, photovoltaic, wind, greenhouses, and more.
• Sydney Building Information Centre, Australia
  The most comprehensive display of building materials, the best Building Bookshop and all the advice you'll need if you're planning a new home, renovation or extension.
• Sustainable Building Sourcebook
  The Sustainable Building Sourcebook was developed to complement the efforts of the Green Builder Program to foster the implementation of environmentally responsible practices in homebuilding.
• Building Biology and Ecology Institute, New Zealand
  Up to date practical information about Energy, Water, Materials, Safety, Waste and other Eco-building issues to guide you through the decisions that you will make when designing an eco home or to simply assist with making your existing home a little more sustainable.
• ebuild, USA
  Foundation to finish. ebuild is a comprehensive, interactive catalog that makes researching and comparing products fast and easy.
• William A. McDonough
  William McDonough is an internationally renowned architect and designer and one of the primary proponents and shapers of what he and his partners call 'The Next Industrial Revolution.'
• The Building Bookshop, Australia

Earth Building

• Superadobe House
  By CalEarth. A prototype 3-Vaulted house has been tested and approved for California's severe earthquake codes and natural elements, in the harsh climate of the Mojave desert (over 100 degree F summer temperatures, freezing winters, flash floods, high speed wind, and the highest US earthquake zone 4).
• Rammed Earth
  All about rammed earth houses.
• The Earth Building Foundation, Inc., New Mexico, USA
  A non-profit corporation. Accurate technical information on earthen building (adobe and rammed earth) is needed to show how this material really works. It is not now readily available to the people who need it, but The Earth Building Foundation can fill that need. Architects, engineers, planners, building officials, and owner builders need to have knowledge of this of this forgotten building art to meet the future.
• Earth House
  This site is intended to 'create' a one stop source for the 'perfect' underground home or complex.

Domes

• Desertdomes
  On dome building.
• The ArchDome
  ARCHDOME TM, Fourth Dimension Housing Inc. Whether for a residence, a health facility or corporate headquarters, the Archdome is a magnificent, life-enhancing structure that can be built anywhere, in any style, in any material.
• Timberline Geodesic Domes
  For more than 30 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.
• Professional Domeplans
  Whether you�re a professional home builder, a do-it-yourself type or you already own a dome home but would like a matching outbuilding or shop, Professional Dome Plans gives you the tools you'll need to successfully build a geodesic dome. The detailed shop drawings and simple formulas explain it all � every length, every angle, every board.

Strawbale

• Surfin' StrawBale - Online Resources
  This is The List! Compiled by SB Obsessives (something which you yourself are dangerously close to becoming), it will take you all over the world in search of everything SB. Be forewarned: the thing is huge.
• Strawbale Houses - a German language page
• Austrian Strawbale Network
  REPORT ESBN-Gathering 2002.

Earthships - Zero Energy Housing

• Earthship
  From the creators of the earthship concept!
• Earthship
  Gives all the basic information. Earthships ARE a new approach to sustainable living. Imagine building a house out of discarded tires and aluminum cans. Imagine using environmentally friendly materials and techniques to create a truly self-sufficient home. Imagine interfacing and harnessing nature to create a dwelling that lives with the land, not on top of it.
• Hockerton Housing Project
  The Hockerton Housing Project is the UK's first earth sheltered, self-sufficient ecological housing development.
• Third Millenium Construction Society
  Building Earthships for a Sustainable Future - Construction & Alternative Energy Sources. A non-profit organization dedicated to educating and assisting in construction of environmentally friendly housing. " Reduce, Reuse, Recycle."

Other Building Materials

• Papercrete
  Ultra Cheap Houses with Papercrete, Fidobe, Paper Adobe and Other Mixes.
• Paper Adobe
  Paper adobe (also called fidobe, short for "fibrous adobe") is even cheaper-it is made of dirt and paper/cardboard, both of which are free or very cheap. Unlike regular adobe, rammed earth, or cob, paper adobe has considerable insulation value. The blocks are lightweight, and easy to work with. Paper adobe holds a screw, and can be painted.
• Paper Houses
  A Mother Earth News article. April 2000. by Gordon Solberg. "Sure, we'd heard the rumors about paper houses, but our initial reaction was largely incredulous: What homebuilder with a lick of sense would invest his time, energy and money in literally a house of cards? ... "
• Claywall - Ecological Building Systems
  Our new clay board system advances traditional clay building methods to modern construction needs providing a practical and efficient alternative to gypsum internal walls and brick or timber external walls. Now a single product combines the advantages of clay wall construction and clay plaster on conventional timber frames, providing the opportunity to introduce clay, with all its benefits, into the modern living environment.