Tag Archive: design

The SunDog 9-day workshop

Instructor: Kirk Mobert, Bryan Burnoski
Location: Point Arena, Ca
Tuition: $880

[ June 8, 2012 to June 17, 2012. ] The SunDog 9-day workshop is designed to teach ordinary people the skills to build their own cob cottages, from the foundation to the roof. Our projects are small, mostly under 200 square feet, geared towards attaining a high level of completion in a short amount of time.
we’ll take you through an intensive, step by step, [...]

Designing, Building, and Living as if We Belong

Instructor: Coenraad Rogmans
Location: Jacksonville, Oregon
Tuition: $1100
http://housealive.org/about/about-coenraad

[ September 22, 2012 to September 30, 2012. ] Let’s face it, not everyone is going to buy land and build their dream house. But now you don’t need to! This workshop will give you the skills and confidence to transform your existing house into a natural building, all on a shoestring budget!

We will start by looking at 12 ancient natural design principals [...]

Complete Cob

Instructor: Diane Jennings
Location: Berea, KY
Tuition: $379 Early Bird / $599 Couples
http://www.disputantacob.com

[ October 3, 2011 to October 7, 2011. ]

Building Cob Walls
Sculptural Cob & Furniture
Natural Plaster / Lime Plaster
A Simple Poured Earthen Floor
$379 – 30 day advance price.
$599 – Couples 30 day advance,
Or Later…
$479 includes registration for five
days, camping, breakfast & lunch

BUILDING COB WALLS
During this part of the workshop we will learn how to build cob walls, and ‘learn by [...]

9 Day COMPLETE COB with COB COTTAGE COMPANY

Instructor: Cob Cottage Company
Location: Coquille, Oregon
Tuition: $880
https://www.cobcottage.com/workshops

[ September 17, 2011 to September 25, 2011. September 17, 2011 to September 25, 2011. ] Start Date / End Date:: Sept 17th – 25th, 2011This is one of the most comprehensive cob course available in North America. In the past 15 years, we’ve taught almost 200 major cob courses. In 9 intensive days, we’ll cover in depth all aspects of cob and the many techniques of building with cob including [...]

8-week Eco-building Course

Instructor: Scott Howard
Location: Lost Valley Education Center
Tuition:
http://www.earthenhand.com

[ June 27, 2011 to August 19, 2011. ] Taught by Scott Howard and friends. From small-scale projects to learning how to incorporate Eco-Building into a professional practice, this course will teach you the basics in do-it-yourself green design and building. Our demonstration projects are designed to be intellectually and physically accessible to laymen and professionals alike. Whatever your interest or skill level, the [...]

Essential Cob Workshop

Instructor: Carrie Lewis
Location: Bellingham, WA
Tuition: $180
http://cobdesigns.net

[ August 26, 2011 to August 29, 2011. ] The Essential Cob workshop will cover the basics of cob mixing, and building as we raise the walls of a structure. Bring some soil to conduct soil tests. Discussions will be held on material gathering, site and design, plasters, renders, foundations and floors.

Workshop size limited to 10 participants. Pre-registration is required. $50 non-refundable place holding [...]

House Alive’s Natural Building Apprenticeship

Instructor: James Thomson
Location: Jacksonville, OR
Tuition: 2,850
http://housealive.org

[ June 12, 2011 to July 30, 2011. ] For the seventh straight year, House Alive! is offering an opportunity for people to get beyond the basics and experience an extended Natural Building apprenticeship. This popular, hands-on, intensive course is designed for people who want to use natural building skills in a professional context or who want to take extra time to work on [...]

Earthen House Design

Instructor: Scott Howard
Location: Portland, Oregon
Tuition: $80
http://www.earthenhand.com

[ January 30, 2011; ] Participants will design a house of their choice that uses earthen building techniques. With a combination of models, sketches, and drawings, this class will cover the basics of what you need to know to design a small earthen building and how to think like a builder. Discussions and sideshows will cover: passive solar, engineering calculations, [...]

Building the land of Hope

Instructor: Alex Christakis & Vassilis Tsolakidis
Location: Argolois, Greece
Tuition: 350 euro
http://ecoart.gr

[ October 10, 2010 to October 17, 2010. ] Building the Village of Hope
Natural building workshop
October 10-17 2010
Ecoart and the Ecological Institute of Greece invite you at Elpidochori village in Argolis, to experience a creative as well as educating week of community living focused on building using natural material. During this intensive workshop, we will focus on constructions made of straw bale and cob [...]

Weeklong Cob Immersion

Instructor: Danielle Acres
Location: Silk Hope, NC
Tuition: $225
http://earthenacres.wordpress.com/

[ July 5, 2010 to July 11, 2010. ] Spend a week in North Carolina learning about cob building as we work together on the construction of a small cob cottage. We will work on mixing and applying cob as we build up the walls, as well as incorporating windows, a door frame, built-in shelving and seating. There will also be discussions [...]

Cob Comprehensive

Instructor: Kindra Welch, John Curry, Sara Schmidt
Location: Dripping Springs, Texas
Tuition: $800 (discounts for early registration and couples)
http://claysandstraw.com

[ May 8, 2010 to May 15, 2010. ] Start Date / End Date:: May 8 – May 15, 2010Join us for a week of natural building and living in the beautiful Texas Hill County outside of Austin. Professional builders Kindra, John and Sara will take a week off from their packed building schedules to share their passion and knowledge of cob construction. [...]

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