Welcome

We've built something divine, daring and different and we love to share the journey of its creation.

The tour will take you through each stage in the Temple's construction. It's quite a browse so now may be a good time to put the kettle on.

- thanks for visiting ... enjoy
Fergus and Trijntje Reilly

Fergus & Trijntje Reilly - the creators and the Temple Walls as the construction gets underway in 1998

Fergus & Trijntje as the walls rise

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A step-by-step trip through time following the construction process.

See those arrows on the right - if you rest your mouse on them the pages will slowly scroll down at a comfortably reading pace.

Clicking on the arrows may take you to the bottom of the page where the tour navigation buttons are - unless you are using one of microsoft's browsers (IE) which behave inconsistently.

or see the bits that make the whole .........

The Temple's Construction

Starting up - motivation from an odd source
Foundations - starting out at the bottom
Dwarf Walls - the next step up
Earth Walls - they hold the roof up
Pillars - saga with a silver lining
Poles - saga with a silver lining
Roof - what keep the rain out
Cupola - let the light shine in
Ceiling - 4 days of flurry
Portals for people & perception - doors & windows
Floors - wet and dry, stone and earth
Cabinetry - sinks and benches
Furnishing - well, its a start (-;
Moving in - utterly exhausted house-warming

Other constructions on the tour

May, 2003 - Views of the main room from the inside
side steps - A new method (for us) of building steps
the sandstone surround - at last, clean feet in all weathers!
the Tour's end - thanks for sharing our journey

Other constructions NOT on the tour

Our water tank made from bottles
the tank-top garden built on top od a water tank

Frequently Asked Questions:-

We've had many questions about the construction over the years since this website started - our faq section details the main questions with our responses.

Links to related sites:-

The very lovely Charmaine Taylor's site www.dirtcheapbuilder.com contains a wealth of building resources. Not specifically earth but there is a section on Adobe and Rammed Earth.
Steve Davis' rammed earth house with lots of links to pictures of other earthen buildings - and even some pictures of finished earth floors! One of the few Australian sites.
There is an Adobe discussion group moderated by Quentin Wilson which is not about rammed earth but shares the common construction material. Quentin has a lot of experience working with earth.
Communications for a Sustainable Future operates several discussion groups, in particular Earth friendly and Self-Sufficient Architecture.
There are several Building-with-Earth-related sites hanging off this web ring.

What we are doing in such a wonderful space:-

Middle Path Health Awareness Retreat. The world is changing - at an accelerating pace - and we all need to constantly reassess our priorities if we are to happily meet the new dawn with hope in our hearts. Trijntje operates her Natural therapies clinic and we offer personal awareness workshops by donation.
CyberSayer - Software for your Soul - software that listens and offers support, guidance and clarity for you, your life and it's issues.

Want to get in touch?

here's a form for that very purpose.......

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Ever since we started this website we have tried to be a part of the Building with Earth webring. We have been on it several times and several times have disappeared from it with no reason known - now for the third time our site has been suspended without explanation and I have received no replies to my messages asking why.

We have abandoned our attempts to support the building with earth webring.

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