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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 2 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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

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Finishing using coconut leaf

March 3, 2013 1 Comment

This hut roof and walls has been covered using coconut leaf. All the parts of coconut tree are useful, so it is called “the tree ...

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Bamboo hut in Tiruvannamalai

March 3, 2013 1 Comment

Whole idea was to start a small bamboo hut.But we decided to make a strong hut with a loft (here in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu they ...