Tag: Superadobe

How flat windows work on round and dome-shaped rooms

Round homes ask us to rethink building conventions. Their curves offer comfort, efficiency, and surprising strength—but they require intentional window design. Whether you’re building in the desert, forest, or city fringe, one of these solutions will fit your climate, materials, and aesthetic.

The Aga Khan is greenwashing their awards

The hotel’s basic ozonation and composting systems lack advanced treatment needed for sensitive coastal zones. Without independent monitoring, there’s no way to confirm that wastewater meets safety standards. On an island without a municipal sewage network, any leakage could threaten coral reefs, seagrass beds, and turtle habitats.

Super Adobe by Cal-Tech and Nader Khalili

Want to make a low cost home from natural, local materials that last? Try a Super Adobe invented by Nader Khalili.

Superadobe Homes Built Of Sandbags Rise Around The Planet

The SuperAdobe technique for sustainable building with the most basic materials is in use around the world.

Superadobe earthen dome homes for Palestinians

Working with NASA as part of an initiative to design homes fit for space, Iranian architect Nader Khalili conceived the dome home as an affordable, accessible, easy to build, and environmentally sensible housing solution. Now it's being applied in the West Bank. 

5 Spectacular Eco Mosques Of The World – real and conceptual

Explore the world's five most renowned and low-key "eco mosques" - Muslim places of worship - that are either high tech or made from mud.