2015 Workshops at Mud Dauber School of Natural Building: Michael is once again collaborating with Greg Allen in instructing natural building workshops in North Carolina. We are offering two week long courses that will provide a thorough introduction to building with...
Michael McDonough and Rising Earth Natural Building welcome a second home on the web: risingearthbuilding.com will compliment this blog with project portfolio and more detail on myself and work. The site will be updated with more content in time, while this blog...
This tiny house project is one of the closest to my heart. To me it represents natural building at its best. Our client Joyce, gave us a great deal of freedom to design and build as I thought best. With only a general idea of her needs for the building, a rough idea...
After five years of growing enthusiasm for this project we finally realized that we were on to something and have started an organization. Visit our website at oaktreecollective.org and see photos of our work at Bonnaroo 2013 via instagram...
This week Greg and I worked on the addition to Danielle’s cottage at Circle Acres. She built a unique two-story cob cottage two years ago after taking our first workshop. Her building was truly tiny, with an interior space of 8’x8′ on each level....
