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Ianto Evans

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Welsh-American architect

Ianto Evans is a Welsh-Americanapplied ecologist,landscape architect, inventor, writer, social critic, and teacher.^[1] He is known for his work building, writing and teaching aboutnatural building,cob and high-efficiency solid-fuel stoves, ovens and heaters.

Career

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Originally fromWales, Evans attended architecture school in the 1960s.^[2] With Linda Smiley, Evans built what may have been the first cob house in North America after researching cob structures in the British Isles.^[3] They moved into the cottage in 1989. They joined with Michael Smith to establish the Cob Cottage Company in 1993.^[4] They also founded the North American School of Natural Building and innovated a distinctive "Oregon Cob" method, hosting numerous workshops on the technique.^[3]^[5]^[6]

Evans was director ofAprovecho's Fava Bean Project, inCottage Grove, Oregon, where he worked to adaptfava beans to American climates.^[7] As apermaculturalist, he developed apolyculture planting technique.^[8] In the late 1970s, he invented therocket mass heater.

In the 1970s, Evans worked inGuatemala andCosta Rica, developing the Lorena cook stove, an efficient contra-flow cooking stove made from the same materials as unfiredbrick (sand bound together byclay subsoil).

As a back-to-the-lander andnatural builder, Evans is critical of industrial civilization, corporate media, technology, and modern construction methods.

Evans lives in theUnited States, nearCoquille, Oregon.

Works

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Evans, Ianto; Smiley, Linda; Smith, Michael (2002).The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage. White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Pub. Co.ISBN 978-1-890132-34-7.
Evans, Ianto; Jackson, Leslie (2006).Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves You Can Build. Coquille, OR: Cob Cottage Co.ISBN 978-0-9663738-3-7.

References

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^Ianto Evans; Linda Smiley; Michael G. Smith; Michael Smith (1 June 2002).The Hand-Sculpted House: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage. Chelsea Green Publishing. pp. xvii–.ISBN 978-1-890132-34-7. Retrieved16 July 2013.
^"Made in Mud."Resurgence182, 1997: 46–47
^^a ^bLapriore, Elaine Beebe (22 October 2000). "Oregon Couple Rediscover Ancient Building Method".Yakima Herald - Republic.
^Salomon, Shay (1 May 2007). "How Large Is This House?!".Natural Life:22–23.
^Roy, Rob (2003).Cordwood Building: The State of the Art. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers.ISBN 978-1-55092-467-1.
^Baker-Laporte, Paula; Elliott, Erica; Banta, John (2008).Prescriptions for a Healthy House a Practical Guide for Architects, Builders & Homeowners (3rd ed.). New York: New Society Publishers.ISBN 978-1-55092-410-7.
^Huyser-Honig, Joan (February 1992). "The Fava Bean Project".Horticulture.70 (2).
^Kaplan, Rachel; Blume, K. Ruby (27 April 2011).Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living. New York:Skyhorse Pub.ISBN 978-1-61608-054-9.