With skyrocketing prices of building materials, especially sand, cement, iron sheets, bricks and stones, developers are trying to look for the alternative materials to reduce the cost of construction.

With construction costs shooting over the roof, any way to cut down on costs is a welcome relief. So how about a low cost and eco-friendly solution like earth stabilised blocks. Most of us wish to ...

Here is a solution to Africa’s massive housing problem: interlocking stabilised-soil building blocks. Here is a solution to Africa’s massive housing problem: interlocking stabilised-soil building ...

Hamza's 3,300 sft house in Pattambi is made with compressed stabilised interlocking blocks from laterite soil and has a 50,000-litre underground water tank. Hamza's 3,300 sft house in Pattambi is made ...

Nairobi — A building technology introduced from India promises strong, cheaper and beautiful residential and commercial houses made from ordinary soil and a little cement. Already a pilot project is ...

The technology involves the use of locally baked bricks that interlock without the application of motor, water and sand. It is being piloted in the construction of classrooms, water kiosks, houses, ...

No one needs to know that underneath your plastered walls, are low cost bricks because they are just as strong or even a little better than normal building blocks. Photos by Ismail Kezaala With ...