Superadobe Orphanage Withstands Nepal Earthquake

This news release from the California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture shows how low-cost sustainable earthen housing survived the recent earthquakes in Nepal.

"The Superadobe (sandbags/barbed wire) building system developed at Cal-Earth (U.S. Patent #5,934,027) integrates traditional earth architecture with contemporary global safety requirements, and passes severe earthquake code tests in California. The technology has been published by NASA, endorsed by the United Nations, featured in countless world media outlets, and awarded the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2004."