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Ageless Village Homes

Building an earthen roof over a cob home using Karingota leaves

Documentation about using Karingota leaves to do an earthen roof over a cob home - Re"searching" past and materials for better future.
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Natural Finishes

Traditional Flat earthen roof using Eeta leaves

Traditional earthen roof with a vapor barrier in 3 Storey home in two floors made with out concrete but mud and eeta leaves
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Natural Finishes

Devan’s Earthen Plaster using lime, husk & cow urine

Recipe for Earthen Plaster using lime, husk & cow urine for a beautiful wall finish of Devapriyan Kanjankat‘s Cob home from the Coast of Kerala.
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Natural Finishes

Clay plasters in Ash Cottage

Article by Natural builder Becky Little about how she used clay plaster in her home & studio space to render an interior wall.
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Ageless Village Homes

Path way to Lime Kilns

The glory isn’t lost, we can reintroduce lime back into our lives into our homes, in this age of global warming they could be the ...
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Ageless Village Homes

Alchemy in Architecture

Standing proudly, on the edge of the road was a charming remnant of the local architectural tradition of Tumkur. This flat mud terrace roof home ...
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Ageless Village Homes

Earth buildings still smile under the veil of Lakkundi village

You can find on earth buildings in Lakkundi multitude textures from stone, wattle & daub, mud, wood and lime to satisfy the natural building lover’s ...
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Our works

Flowing Palm Leaf Lean-To roof

We are lucky enough to get this 18 feet height wood from nearby village. Tied rope at the top most point in different direction to ...
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Our works

Marking on Earth for cob foundation

Two natural colours were used for the grid as well as for the curved wall of cob foundation. For the basic grid points we used ...
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