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Building with sustainable timbers
By Sharon Green
The South East Queensland Regional Plan has predicted that the population of the region will grow from 2.8 million in 2006 to 4.4 million by 2031.
The Queensland Department of Infrastructure and Planning claims that this rapid growth will create the need for an additional 754,000 new homes. As the state government chatters excitedly [...]
Building with Cob
Cob builders use their hands and feet to form lumps of earth mixed with clay, straw and sand. It is a sensory and aesthetic experience similar to sculpting with clay. Cob is very easy to learn and inexpensive to build.
Because there are no forms, ramming, cement or rectilinear bricks, cob lends itself to organic shapes: [...]
Sustainable housing a must
As our houses grow bigger, so do our ecological footprints. A change is now urgent…
Affordable eco-houses
Ann White takes a look at three different building companies and weighs up their eco-credentials…
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