The Christian Science Monitor, October 2nd, 2002
Byline: Phil Elderkin Special to The Christian Science Monitor
HESPERIA, CALIF. -- The idea of building a beehivelike house out of moist dirt mixed with some loose cement, scooped into standard-size sandbags, and held together by strands of barbed wire sounds like something Rube Goldberg might have cartooned.
But it's real all right, and its originator, Nader Khalili, insists it is a practical and inexpensive way to solve the world's homeless problems, particularly in depressed and war-torn areas.
Most African countries have experimented with what Mr. Khalili calls his "superadobe" houses...
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