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
Friday, May 23rd - Sunday, May 25, 9AM-5PM Daily
Horno Building – 3-Day Intensive (In-Person)
Earthen ovens are affordable to build, fun to use, and provide a baking environment impossible to recreate in the kitchen. In conjunction with the previous weekend’s Introduction to Earthen Wall Building – Concepts class, attendees will leave the class with the knowledge necessary to build an oven of their own, with materials that you may already have in your yard. The class will be held at a unique historic homestead ranch outside of Pioneertown, California.
$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 May 18, 2025, 9AM— 4PM
Introduction to Earthen Wall Building – Concepts
This class is an intensive introduction to Adobe Block and construction situated in a historic homestead ranch outside of Pioneertown, California. Covering the same curriculum as our Making Adobe ½ day workshop, this class allows for more hands-on adobe laying as we build a base for an earthen oven that will be constructed in the Horno workshop the following week. Architectural professionals will have the opportunity to earn 2 AIA HSW Learning Units.
$195.00
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
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