Alistair Knox

From his earliest days Alistair was very keen to inspire others to build in mud brick. His son Hamish suggested that Alistair was far more interested in helping aspiring do-it-yourself mud brick home builders than talking to paying clients. Amongst his unpublished papers is a book he was preparing called 'The Home Builders Manual of Mud Brick Desig

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Alistair Knox was a designer, builder and advocate for an alternate lifestyle. Between 1946 and 1986 he designed over 1,000 houses, a number of churches, schools and other buildings. The job numbers reached 1266 of these he built about 350. He is best known for his mud brick output of about 300 buildings. These were built in two periods: before 195... See more

Building this house was the re-birth of the original organic concept of the immediate post-war beginnings. It involved a return to first principle devising from what was on hand. Earth for walls, negation of concrete slabs, brick and stone paving direct onto the ground, and the employment of non-professional builders. It recaptured those early days... See more