The subject of architecture and building design are addressed in the blogs which are listed here. Topics include buildings made of alternative materials, sustainable living, and experimental architecture.
Regular Blogs
Updated almost daily, this blog is a compendium of architecture and other artistic pieces from New York City. Articles include photographs from contributors at large and topics such as unique designs, origami applications in architecture, and landscaping.
http://archidose.blogspot.com/
Maintained by a group which espouses solar power and sustainable development, this blog is a huge how-to site.
http://www.builditsolarblog.com/
Covering news, trends and offering insights into the modular building industry, including the building and use of modular classrooms and sustainable, green construction.
http://www.triumphmodular.com/blog
The focus of this blog is building sustainable housing, generally with earthbags, with tutorials and lists of workshops.
http://earthbagbuilding.wordpress.com/
Offers entries surrounding the building of sustainable earthbag houses as well as free plans and blueprints for them. The blog is maintained by an earthbag expert and architect.
http://earthbagplans.wordpress.com/
Architecture, interior and exterior decorating, and home improvement are the topics of the articles in this blog, which is largely photographic.
http://freshome.com/
A couple who gardens organically chronicles their experiences preparing to become more green. Also publishes recipes and book reviews.
http://futurehousefarm.blogspot.com/
The founder of the Geiger Research Institute of Sustainable Building. Dr. Owen Geiger, discusses his relationship with Builders Without Borders, straw-bale construction, earthbags, and other sustainable buildings.
http://sustainablehousing.blogspot.com/
I'd Rather Be...Pursuing an Off Grid Life
Chronicles the journey of a woman and her husband as they build a home and life off the grid in Texas.
http://idratherbe-ginger.blogspot.com/
This blog is completely dedicated to stairs and the design of stairs. It features photographs of floating, glass, spiral, space-saving, and stone stairs.
http://www.stairporn.org/
Andrew Morrison is an expert on building with straw bales. The blog explains how to construct straw bales, retying bales, and what type of mesh to use to tie straw bales. The blog also covers green building and living.
http://www.strawbale.com/
Wiki-based blog which serves as a travel guide to worldwide contemporary architecture is ordered geographically by tags, in hierarchical order: continent, country, state or province, and city or town.
http://architourist.pbworks.com/
This blog is about building and living in homes which are smaller than the average house. Articles and discussions include those about how to make the mental transition from a large house to a small one as well as how to draw a tiny house with Googls SketchUp app,
http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/
Provides articles and information about building small houses, including how to build one as an individual and upcoming news.
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/blog/
