Vertical Clay works with projects from their design conception through their construction. Our designs are guided by the setting of the project, the group that will be building, using and interacting with the project, and our own structural and aesthetic experience. We take particular interest in projects that show off the beauty and versatility of natural building in a public or urban setting. Our projects are built by crews ranging from owner-builders to classes to volunteer crews of widely ranging physical ability, age, and skill set.
Our collaborators have included nonprofits, governmental agencies, universities, and private clients.
Last years projects included the Earthen Building Workshop series in downtown Berkeley, the Berkeley Tech high school project, the Lake County Parks project, and the ongoing work at our urban natural building retrofit, Villa Sobrante.