modest-sized, single-story adobe structures

passive solar adobe design and siting

use of local clay soil and aggregate for projects

on-site, sun-dried adobe block production (whenever possible)

low-impact, site-friendly foundation digs (gravel trench / concrete grade beam foundations whenever possible)

natural adobe block walls

wood lintels

wood bond beams

shed & gable roofs with extended eaves (to facilitate the use of natural exterior plasters)

interior earthen plasters and paints

exterior earthen and lime plasters

natural insulation strategies (whenever possible)