Tin can wall
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A tin can wall is a wall constructed from tin cans, which are not a common building source. The cans can be laid in concrete, stacked vertically on top of each other, and crushed or cut and flattened to be used as shingles. They can also be used for furniture.
A building being built using beer cans as bricks
Architect Mike Reynolds next to a tin can wall in the 1970s
Tin can columns, walls and door frames with exposed metal lath in an Earthship home under construction in Taos County, New Mexico. Glass bottles around the first door frame, and much of the second, admit light.
Bottle wall
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A bottle wall is a wall made out of glass or plastic bottles and binding material.
A bottle wall of an Earthship bathroom
A colorful bottle wall
A ceramic tile cutter that has been used to cut bottles (seen on the ground behind the chair) to be taped together into a bottle wall
Two bottles cut and taped together, sitting in wet mortar