Colorado Earth was founded by engineer and architectural designer Lisa Morey. After moving to New Zealand in 1999 to study architecture, Lisa was inspired to begin creating homes out of mud bricks. She met and began working with a local architect who was building homes this way.
During her time in New Zealand she co-authored Adobe Homes for All Climates: Simple, Affordable, and Earthquake-Resistant Natural Building Techniques and you can read a review I wrote about this book at greenhomebuilding.com.
Now, she is using compressed earth blocks made largely from a sandy-clay mixture. The company’s mission “is to scale the natural building industry in Colorado by offering an affordable wall system made from locally obtained material.”
The compressed earth blocks are resistant to fire, won’t blow over in high winds, can’t be picked up by a tornado, and are even waterproof,…
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