Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Affordable Concrete Construction

[Stuart Joseph (stuart]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Thomas Edison got a patent and built some concrete houses in NJ at the 
turn of the last century.
The "History Detectives" did a show segment about the houses.

maggiedutton wrote:
> At an affordable housing conference last week I learned of a most amazing
> company that has developed a concrete mold method of constructing homes that
> are attractive, affordable and highly durable.  Homes can be constructed in
> days rather than months using low cost materials and non-specialized labor.
> Canadian Rockport Homes is a socially conscious company with a quadruple
> bottom line.  They have focused on developing countries and a plant in Chile
> produced 30,000 homes that families were able to purchase in the past year.
> Check out their web site at www.canadianrockport.com  
> Maggie Dutton,
> www.sociocracyinaction.ca 
> "Developing Spaces Where Good Ideas Thrive"
> in Calgary, Alberta Canada
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Stuart Joseph, 802-463-1954
Project Director
Caer Coburn, a traditional village based upon  and intentional communities
Rockingham, Vermont, USA
http://www.caercoburn.org