Can you use the earthbag technique to build a house of any shape other than domes?
Earthbags can be used to build a house of almost any shape, but care must be taken in the engineering design to allow for sufficient reinforcement and buttressing of the walls where needed, such as with buildings that are more rectilinear, with more or less conventional roofs. There are, of course, advantages to domes that are worth considering: they are generally stronger under stresses such as wind or earthquake, they use less material in creating the same amount of living space, and they do not require other tensile materials, such as wood, to enclose a roof area. Even vertical walls if they are curved are inherently stronger, especially with earthbag construction.
