A Los Angeles-based organization dedicated to educating, enabling and advancing adobe construction in California.
UPCOMING
Workshops
AiNS offers periodic classes and lectures in Southern California covering a variety of adobe related topics.
JUNE 26 – MULTIPLE DATES
Making Adobe
A one-day hands introduction to the basics of adobe brick making, including soil sourcing and testing, form design, curing and stabilizers
OCTOBER 24-NOVEMBER 20
Adobe Residency
The program takes you from foundation to roof of a small adobe structure over the course of the 4-week residency.
OCTOBER 24-30
Adobe Foundations and Site Work
Join us for a week long intensive class on foundations and site work for a small adobe structure.
OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 6
Adobe Wall Construction
Building upon the Foundations workshop, we will hold a 1 week intensive class on building adobe walls.
NOVEMBER 7-13
Roofs, Vaults, Openings & Insulation
Join us for a 1 week intensive class dedicated to roofs, vaults, openings and insulation.
NOVEMBER 14-30
Interior and Exterior Finishes
A hands-on introduction to appropriate finishes for earthen structures, including earthen plasters, lime plasters and clay paints.
From last year
Check out the gallery from our recent workshops
Meet the
Instructors
Kurt and Ben met in 2006 at Northern New Mexico College. Through their shared passion for adobe, the desert, and green chile, they have collaborated on numerous adobe projects, including a dome, a vault, and several earthen ovens.
