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Quoted: Abari is a socially and environmentally committed research,design and construction firm that examines, encourages, and celebrates the vernacular architectural tradition of Nepal. Nepal posses sophisticated traditional knowledge of natural materials like adobes, bamboos, stones and reed, and Abari as a research and design firm tries to promulgate these materials into contemporary design practices.
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I'm so interested in these floating islands in Loktak Lake.
Quoted: THE sangai, or Manipur brow-antlered deer (Cervus eldi eldi), a delicately beautiful animal found only in the hilly north-east Indian state of Manipur, has already had one let-off. In 1951 it was ruled extinct. Happily, a half-dozen were found two years later living on a vast island of floating biomass on Loktak lake, the second-biggest lake in India, to the south-east of Manipur's state capital, Imphal.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 20 2007 | energy, news, sustainability, environment, nature, innovation, technology, development
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Fascinating site. Construction with earth sounds very promising, I think we can learn so much from ancient building practices.
Quoted: The EARTH ARCHITECTURE website focuses on architecture constructed of mud brick (adobe), rammed earth (pisé), compressed earth block or other methods of earthen construction and serves as a database for the discussion and dissemination of events, resources, and images of earth architecture in the context of contemporary architecture culture.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 20 2007 | books, architecture, international, world, sustainability, nature, environment, ideas, design
Looks interesting...
Quoted: Dwellings is an exploration of the types and forms of vernacular houses around the world and how they are constructed, decorated, and inhabited by their occupants. There are beautiful illustrations throughout the book, largely photographs compiled over the course of the author's field research.

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