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Marking on Earth for cob foundation

July 24, 2013 1 Comment

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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Thannal cob homes for Thannal Workers

July 15, 2013 No Comments

While designing Thannal cob homes for Thannal workers we kept this Growing tree as our center point in our design composition, so the whole structure ...

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who am i mud hut

July 15, 2013 No Comments

Who am I mud house has a loft made of bamboo and a small kitchen. West wall has an art work using broken tiles and ...

Natural Living

Summer in Mud Hut

April 17, 2013 4 Comments

Summer started in Thiruvannamalai, our growing trees started giving shades. Especially our mud structure is really cool inside. Our beloved friend Shihab Kader, a photographer ...

Ageless Village Homes

Land Art in Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India

March 22, 2013 No Comments

As a request from others after 3 years we all thought of putting this land art in this blog.We named this sculpture "Giri Vannakam", means ...

Natural Living

Earth Architecture in Tiruvannamalai

March 3, 2013 4 Comments

Construction photos of mud house . Children really enjoyed working with mud, as well as making sculptures. Earth architecture is really a healing process.