Kia Ora and Welcome to the wonderful world of Natural Building!
The Earth Building Association of New Zealand (EBANZ) exists to promote the use of earth and other natural building materials. EBANZ acts as a source of information on natural building methods and techniques especially for New Zealand conditions and as a network group for those interested in natural building here and overseas.
Sol Design Ltd
50A Connolly St, Geraldine, New Zealand
This week-long straw bale design and construction workshop will be a blend of both theory (classroom) and practical (hands-on) experience. Your tutors will guide you through each step of the building process, from foundations to finish work. Come prepared to learn a lot and gain some hands-on experience.
This five day earthbuilding workshop consists of two parts: Part One is a three day introduction to earth building, which will give you a really good understanding of the material and give you practical skills to start experimenting with earth and tackling small projects in your own home. You can opt to just attend Part […]
Leading up to ISBC2016 we are happy to announce the first ever National Natural Building Days, held on 13/14 February nationwide. House visits, tours and workshops will be on offer in various locations.
Methven Heritage Centre
Methven, Canterbury, New Zealand
Welcome to the International Straw Building Conference 2016 to be held 3-9 March in Canterbury, New Zealand. The conference will be a celebration of Natural Building worldwide and provides a rare face-to face opportunity for networking with others in the field from all over the globe. Builders, home owners, engineers, architects and designers, building officials, […]
Taruna College
33 Te Mata Peak Road, Havelock North, New Zealand
EBANZ is proud to present the upcoming National Natural Building Conference in Hawkes Bay this coming Labour Weekend. We are especially excited that there will be a conversation about 'the creation of the new collaborative and co-operative National Natural Building School' - so please come and be part of making it all happen!