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.

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Aug 7 – Sept 3, 2023

Introduction to Building with Adobe in California – Online

This 4-week online course is an expanded introduction to building with adobe (earthen blocks) in California.

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Multiple Dates

Making Adobe, Half-Day Intensive

This four hour class is a condensed introduction to adobe brick and construction taught in a single pleasant afternoon.

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July 3–30, 2023

Intro to Natural Plasters – Online

This 4-week online course covers the fundamentals of finishing interior exterior walls with earthen and lime plasters and paints.

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October 27–29, 2023

3-Day Horno Building Workshop

Earthen ovens are inexpensive to build, fun to use, and provide baking environment impossible to recreate in the kitchen.

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From last year

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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.

Kurt Gardella

Kurt has been teaching and building with adobe since 2006. He offers classes through Adobe in Action and at Santa Fe Community College.
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Ben Loescher

Ben is a licensed architect, founder of AiNS and principal of Loescher Meachem Architects in Los Angeles.
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