What are underground homes and how to build an earth berm house, with solutions to problems and expert advice.
Underground homes can cut down on heating and cooling costs significantly. Check out what underground homes look like across the globe.
The House is located in Whistler, Canada overlooking Alta Lake, the house serves as a holiday house. Taking advantage of the slope the volume is crafted from the topology lines with a green roof blend the house with the landscape surrounding.
Would you consider living underground? If you see our selection of underground houses, you may better understand the attraction to the idea. It is neither dark nor damp, but delightful architectural masterpieces. Have a look-see and decide for yourself!
“My dream was to build a gathering place for local invited artist friends to embellish with mosaic, clay carving, bottle walls, mandala plaster wall, and more.” Linda Linda’s spacious hobbit house is filled with delightfully…
Would you consider living underground? If you see our selection of underground houses, you may better understand the attraction to the idea. It is neither dark nor damp, but delightful architectural masterpieces. Have a look-see and decide for yourself!
The House is located in Whistler, Canada overlooking Alta Lake, the house serves as a holiday house. Taking advantage of the slope the volume is crafted from the topology lines with a green roof blend the house with the landscape surrounding.
Somewhat notorious since being put up for sale on eBay, this cave dwelling is unique in all kinds of amazing ways - not least of which for the fact that it currently contains a curious hybrid home with a natural stone roof, modern infill walls and assorted antique furniture and furnishings. But ...
Seamlessly merging its quaint natural landscape in Texas Hill Country with the excavated cave that embeds this private wine cellar, Clayton Korte lends new meaning to retreat.
Would you consider living underground? If you see our selection of underground houses, you may better understand the attraction to the idea. It is neither dark nor damp, but delightful architectural masterpieces. Have a look-see and decide for yourself!
Standing near a baby grand piano on the subterranean level of his house in Corona del Mar, Mark Binder recalled the basement of his boyhood home in the hamlet of Dix Hills, N.Y., on Long Island. &l…
Lately I’ve been inspired by houses made out of sustainable materials, like this Low Impact Woodland Home located in Wales: Looks like a little hobbit lair! This house is old news, since app…
My question is: Why do we not see more building recommendations along this line of thinking? Various experimental aspects of this structural approach (to managing HVAC with zero-energy input) have been proven effective, in recent decades. Some ancient architecture also demonstrates the effectiveness of the approach. Present day oversight might primarily be induced by subconscious avoidance of anything which seems to relate to cavemen. (Some cavemen may have somewhat understood annualized heat).
In a quiet stretch of countryside outside Melbourne, an unusual building - likened to a James Bond lair - peeks out of the grass-covered hillside.
Lionel Buckett built and designed the eco-friendly cave on a natural rock platform that overlooks the 600 acres of Blue Mountains bushland, south of Sydney, which he inherited from his father.
Specifications Total Living Area: 2139 sq ft Main Living Area: 2139 sq ft Garage Area: 616 sq ft Garage Type: Attached Garage Bays: 2 Foundation Types: Slab Exterior Walls: Concrete House Width: 106'0 House Depth: 39'0 Number of Stories: 1 Bedrooms: 3 Full Baths: 2 Primary Roof Pitch: 0 Roof Framing: Truss
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This is the “world’s most luxurious cave.”
