I found an earthen oven near the Taos Food Center and Community Garden. You see a lot of this style oven ( horno - pronounced ‘orre-no’ ) around here. I especially like the relief artwork around the ’smoke hole’.
At the Overland Ranch, on highway 64 to Taos, there is a adobe wall wearing away quite gracefully. This wall has no ‘roof’ to protect it so it slowly washes away. I like the way the bricks seem to levitate on the mortar.
Strawbale.com is a very feature rich site including a blog, natural building articles and a catalogue of straw bale house plans. Andrew Morrision is a professional builder based out of Southern Oregon. He operates Straw Bale Innovations, LLC. and is the creator and builder of the Straw Bale Village in Jacksonville, Oregon. I’m very excited about his podcast “Building Green” and blog because he shares the wisdom and experience that only a professional builder can. And he seems to find the time to update the site often.
Check it out Strawbale.com »
Here are a few podcasts I like.
I’ll also mention the I Love Cob! Podcast which is a list of video files that I have collected over the years.