Dirk Bouwens Slide Archive

Dirk Bouwens - A Founding Member of EARTHA

Take a look at the obituary of a very much loved and inspiring gentleman, Dirk Bouwens. Published in The Times, August 7 2021.

Dirk’s slide archive have been digitized for future reference, highlighting the many different projects he and EARTHA embarked on over the years.

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BBC - Norfolk A Sense of Place - Making a Building Out of Mud: 18th September 2003

Here is an archived local news article from the BBC. Dirk discusses building his clay built office within his garden at Wymondham, Norfolk.

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Earth Buildings and Their Repair

Please use the link below to guide you to this really inofrmative article written by Dirk Bouwens. The article is reproduced from The Building Conservation Directory in 1997, and is a definitive guide to domestic building repairs in respect to East Anglia.

Kindly linked from www.buildingconservation.com, the editor Jonathan said ‘the more people who read it the better!’ Please take a look at this brilliant directory of businesses, events and articles for lots more content regarding earth construction and it’s conservation.