The Willowend Round House

The Willowend Round House Australia's first approved super adobe round house! We built Australia's first council approved superadobe earth bag round house in West Gippsland, Victoria.

We used a combination of earth bag and rammed earth. The home was designed by Peter Negus (owner/builder) and took us three years to owner build, it was completed in August 2019. The home stays incredibly cool in the hot summer months without any cooling as earth bag is 100% thermal mass. We used a natural clay/sand/lime mixture to render the outside. The home is also 100% off grid and is powered

by solar & batteries. Superadobe earth bag is an incredibly simple, strong way of building homes and assorted structures. It was pioneered by Nadir Khalili, an Iranian born architect, who moved his studies out into the Californian high desert in the early 90's to find a better, stronger, cheaper way of building, to be able to house all the people of the world. What he devised was an ingenious method of utilising rolls of polypropylene bags filled with stabilised earth and supported with barbed wire, to create some of the strongest structures available today. For more information about super adobe check out: Curvatecture

Exciting news!We have decided to begin hosting volunteers again! We hosted over 250 awesome volunteers over 3 years duri...
29/03/2026

Exciting news!
We have decided to begin hosting volunteers again!
We hosted over 250 awesome volunteers over 3 years during the build and have now been living in the round house for 6 years.

The brief this time looks a little different: helping us with farm jobs which might include gardening, mowing, firewood and help with some small building projects.

And you will be staying in the round house itself while you are here. We are looking to host two people at a time (couples or a two best mates would be ideal)

At this stage we are looking to host during April and May, asking for a two week stay and would prefer non-smokers.

For more details and to apply head to:

We had the wonderful experience of hosting over 250 volunteers over 3 years whilst building the Willowend Round House (check out our instagram at: willowend_round_house) We have been living in the house for 6 years now and have decided to begin hosting again (2 people at a time) to help us with jobs...

19/02/2026

This project in Arizona, US was inspired by our round house, it's so exciting to see it coming to life! Keep up the great work guys.

Tiny Shiny Home

So exciting watching this build unfold in Arizona, USA inspired by the round house! 💪🏽
08/04/2025

So exciting watching this build unfold in Arizona, USA inspired by the round house! 💪🏽

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas…🎄
11/12/2024

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas…🎄

Have been quiet on here, here's a handful of photos of life in the round house 💗
25/11/2024

Have been quiet on here, here's a handful of photos of life in the round house 💗

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Willow Grove, VIC
3825

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