Social Media Ideas for Earth Sheltered Homes

Pit garden in Passive House / D Environmental Design System Laboratory

In the 21st century, the ancient pit dwelling is transformed into a "pit garden." In the "pit garden," the sun's heat replaces the fire to provide warmth in winter and the night br...

House of the Earth: A Rammed-Earth Country House in Wiltshire by Tuckey Design Studio

On the site of a former brickworks in rural Wiltshire, London-based Tuckey Design Studio has completed a new country house built from the ground beneath it. The project, a rammed e...

On Solid Ground

This Earth (and earth)-friendly home puts the ‘green’ in Greenwich. A couple who spent their careers in healthcare wanted a home where they could age in place and that reflected t...

Ground-diving hydraulic house becomes its own survival bunker

Some parts of the world face natural disasters more frequently than others. Wildfires and tornadoes are among the biggest threats in the US, and cause thousands of people to lose t...

Sustainable Earth Home Made From Mud and Old Cans Hits the Market in Colorado for $1.3 Million

The property was constructed using recycled materials, a process that took nearly three years to complete.

Sudhagar's Mud House / Aagaram Architects

Built from earth and shaped by climate, this residence in Hosur reinterprets traditional construction techniques through a contemporary architectural lens, where material, structur...

Ordinary looking garden wall conceals two-bedroom courtyard home

We Built Our Texas Home Out of Sand and Straw—and We Rarely Need Air Conditioning

Natural building may sound expensive and unsustainable, but one Texas couple is proving building your home with sand and straw can work.

Gagy Self-Sufficient House / Kareem Aldomiaty + Ehab Aldomiaty

A self-sufficient desert dwelling that reinterprets vernacular architecture through passive design, material authenticity, and a seamless relationship with its landscape.

This Off-Grid Home Has a Living Room That Opens With the Turn of a Wheel

In California's high desert, architecture firm Olson Kundig created Sawmill, an industrial-modern home designed to handle one of the state's toughest landscapes. Built from concret...

How Hidden Features Power This Impressive 8.2-Star Home

Located in regional Victoria’s north west, this 8.2-star home ticks all the boxes when it comes to sustainability, with unseen features that make it effortlessly comfortable to inh...

Top to Bottom Climate Resilience

Climate resilience and energy efficiency are paramount at new multifamily community.  Since Rob Howard, president of Howard Building Science in North Carolina, built the state’s f...

Inside Homes that Last: Rethinking Residential Design for Climate Resilience

What makes a home resilient? Extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent around the world. From power outages, hurricanes, and earthquakes to wildfires, floods, and d...

Retrofitted homes cooler for residents in harsh desert climate

A housing retrofit project launched in the APY Lands in 2023 has significantly improved indoor temperatures for residents who live… The post Retrofitted homes cooler for residents...

How to build homes that can survive extreme heat

As heat waves strain the power grid, passive cooling can help homes stay safer when the air goes out.

Most Root Cellar Are Flawed. Is Yours?

What actually cools a root cellar – depth, or earth contact? Most builders assume it’s depth, which is why so many cellars dug ten feet straight down barely outperform a shed. The...

Double Courtyard House / Roberts Gray Architects

Two rammed-earth pavilions emerge from the dunes at Te Arai. Offset in plan and section to reconcile sun path and sea view, the courtyards within each pavilion create distinct atmo...

This Melbourne Home Is Cloaked In Greenery, Thanks To A Clever Roof

Nestled at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Northcote, Bank Street by Prior Barraclough is not your average Melbourne house. The new, modest residence has no front fence and no gar...

The Brick Veil House / VPA Architects

This home is designed for seclusion through a layered architectural language that centers around sensory comfort. Set on a linear west-facing plot within a dense residential neighb...

Shelter Island Residence by Studio Modh Architecture

Originally built in the 1980s, this waterfront home was transformed into a sustainable, multigenerational retreat.

Shared Values Infuse VISION House SHAWOOD Communities

A homeowner-centric approach to homebuilding focused on long-term durability and comfort provides the foundation for VISION House SHAWOOD. For more than two decades, Green Builder...

A Dreamy Coastal Home Designed For Maximum Energy Efficiency

As sustainable building designers, James Goodlet and Claire Thomas of Altereco Design know more than most about building energy-efficient Australian homes. So, when it came to desi...

Vermont is boosting new homes that can cut energy use in half

Vermont just got its biggest delivery of superefficient manufactured homes — the latest example of how a pioneering state program can lower energy bills for residents of this type...

Hilltop House / W O V E N Architecture and Design

Perched atop a steep, rocky slope on a Gulf Island in British Columbia, the angular form of the Hilltop House hugs the contours of the land. Designed as a refuge for a Toronto-base...