Here is an audio interview with Dan Winter, same fellow in the previous video. He gets into architecture, and even lime mortar from clam shells, imagine that, as a fractal, it is a plus for the building, talks a bit about trees, yurts and steal cables ( a no-no), even raw food. Could building timber frames with no metal fasteners be bliss?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuF89FZBVnI&feature=related

Tim