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Building with bottles

 
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This is an area of building taht is mentioned from time to time.
I thought it wise to list a few references to the art of emptying and reusing bottles!
Roofing with bottles
An old kickstarter quest
Kickstarter for the Home2 O project
A general look
https://www.buildingtrustinternational.org/BTIBottleToolkit.pdf
A great full description and explanation
https://www.instructables.com/How-to-make-a-Bottle-Building/
And some general interest designs
/glass-bottle-building/
https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/454793262341926050/
 
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These certainly are clever, although personally the aesthetic is not for me. (This type of thing would have been delightful for the 1970s here in the U.S.; our library was trying to do something along these lines, only with concrete tiles.)
 
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This bottle house is right down the road from me:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tom-kellys-bottle-house
 
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For folks interested in this concept these might be of interest:

https://permies.com/t/7617/building-block-beer-bottle#1741992

https://permies.com/t/41396/heineken-bottles-building-bricks

https://permies.com/t/1072/glass-bottles-jars-roofing

https://permies.com/t/162687/lot-empty-wine-bottles

https://permies.com/t/33018/Cool-repurpose-glass-bottles

https://permies.com/t/10332/permaculture-upcycling/ungarbage/creations-upcycled-glass-bottles

https://permies.com/t/140181/Bricks-beer-bottles-adobe-stabilized
 
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