To expand another thread into a specific area of adobe type structures.
There are a few places that offer workshops on alternative building techneques in Thailand. Here are a few (that are all connected to the same group)
http://www.kleiwerks.com/thailand_pun_pun.php
http://www.punpunthailand.org/
http://www.designcommunity.com/home_design/834.html
These ones are in Thai
http://www.punpunthailand.org/
http://www.baandin.org/
and the one mentioned on another thread
http://www.sustainableabc.com/i-thailand.htm