It’s a Giant Dirt Igloo – Want to Buy It?

Studio 360

In Hesperia, California, the late architectNader Khalilicreated a housing movement for the future. Khalili prototyped his dome-shaped adobes on a commission from NASA for a lunar colony. Then he realized that these “superadobes” could take root on Earth. Studio 360’sEric MolinskyvisitedCal-Earthwith some friends who dream of living in giant igloos made of dirt.

Learn to build your own superadobe here.

(Originally aired: April 18, 2008)

Slideshow: Cal-Earth

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