This 6-module online bootcamp will teach you the fundamentals of adobe block and construction that can be completed at your own pace. The comprehensive curriculum teaches you everything you need to know to build your own landscape garden wall from adobe bricks. As an AIA-accredited class, architectural professionals will also have the opportunity to earn 10 HSW Learning Units.
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$375.00
On-demand (starting January 1, 2025)
Intro to Earth as a Building Material (100B)
This one-hour online class is a condensed introduction to using earth as a building material taught via a series of video modules. This course gives an overview of the different earthen construction types and why adobe makes sense. As an AIA-accredited class, architectural professionals will also have the opportunity to earn 1 HSW Learning Unit.
$95.00
On-demand (starting January 1, 2025)
Intro to Earthen Building Codes and California (180B)
This one-hour online class is a condensed introduction to using earth as a building material taught via a series of video modules. This course gives an overview of building codes which pertain to earthen construction in the USA. As an AIA-accredited class, architectural professionals will also have the opportunity to earn 1 HSW Learning Unit.
$95.00
Sunday April 6, 2025, 12PM — 4PM
Making Adobe – 1/2-Day Intensive (In-Person)
This class is a condensed introduction to adobe block and construction taught in a single pleasant afternoon in Pioneertown, California. As an AIA-accredited class, architectural professionals will also have the opportunity to earn 2 HSW Learning Units.
$110.00
On-demand (starting January 1, 2025)
Making Adobe Blocks (122B)
This one-hour online class is a condensed introduction to using earth as a building material taught via a series of video modules. This course gives an overview of the different earthen construction types and why adobe makes sense. As an AIA-accredited class, architectural professionals will also have the opportunity to earn 1 HSW Learning Unit.
$95.00
Saturday November 23, 10AM — 4PM
Material Acts: A Symposium
Adobeisnotsoftware Founder, Ben Loescher, will be speaking at Material Acts: A Symposium, this Saturday November 23 at USC School of Architecture. The event brings together artists, designers, and architects experimenting with material processes and systems. Understanding materials as process-based events with human actors, rather than artifacts found in stasis, this symposium on new materials explores the rich milieu of ideas that accompany their making, including practices in bioregional design, waste economies, and living systems, alongside perspectives of care, constraint, and regeneration.
On-demand (starting January 1, 2025)
Natural Plaster Basics – 2025 Online Bootcamp
This 6-module online bootcamp is an intensive introduction to finishing interior and exterior walls with natural plasters, and can be completed at your own pace. We focus on mixing and applying clay plasters and paints on a variety of substrates (masonry as well non-masonry/frame/drywall constructions). As an AIA-accredited class, architectural professionals will also have the opportunity to earn 10 HSW Learning Units.
$375.00
On-demand (starting January 1, 2025)
Soil Selection and Testing (120B)
This one-hour online class is a condensed introduction to using earth as a building material taught via a series of video modules. This course gives an overview of what adobe is made of and how to test soils for suitability in earthen construction. As an AIA-accredited class, architectural professionals will also have the opportunity to earn 1 HSW Learning Unit.
$95.00