The need for fire-resistant homes is only going to increase as the frequency and severity of wildfires continues to increase. So far this year, over 26,500 wildfires have burned through more than 1.1 ...

“I don’t see anybody doing anything radical. So what I can do is make my home radical.” Radical how? SuperAdobe, developed by a company called CalEarth, is a form of architecture that uses long ...

From ashes to adobe: California wildfire victims turn to ‘radical’ building technique using ‘SuperAdobe’ — consisting of sandbags, dirt and barbed wire — to ‘beat nature at its own ...

So what I can do is make my home radical.” Radical how? SuperAdobe, developed by a company called CalEarth, is a form of architecture that uses long sandbags, barbed wire and earth, which the ...

His most well-known invention — the SuperAdobe construction system — has been recognized by NASA and the United Nations and has helped shelter countless refugees and displaced people worldwide since ...

CalEarth, a nonprofit and educational campus in Los Angeles, is gaining attention for its innovative home-building style called SuperAdobe. As the Los Angeles Times detailed, SuperAdobe homes are ...

Elliott Hostetter, who lost his Altadena home to the Eaton fire, steps out of a SuperAdobe during a tour at the CalEarth Institute. Such structures are capable of withstanding a colossal natural ...

At the southern edge of the Mojave Desert on an unusually warm Saturday in February, dozens of people mill throughout the living space of a 2,300-square-foot three-bed, two-bath house with a ...

The unique residence made from Superadobe construction blends into its desert environment and is now asking $1.1 million, nearly half its original price in May 2023, when it was listed for $2.05 ...

Instead of pursuing a tenure-track academic job immediately after earning my doctorate, I joined the CalEarth Institute’s Long-Term Apprenticeship Program to learn and teach others how to build ...

Notably, the sandbag structure also draws upon the idea of Nader Khalili's SuperAdobe sandbags, an award-winning low-cost method of architecture that relies on moistened sand filled in bags and ...

A 32-year-old man from Kilifi, Katano Nzaro, impressed Kenyans with his creation of a remarkable superadobe house worth KSh 300,000 Nzaro learned about this unique housing method from an Italian ...