earth house
Soil-covered home
An earth house is a dwelling built into the ground or covered with soil, designed to blend with the landscape and benefit from natural insulation.
The surrounding earth moderates temperature extremes, keeping the interior cool in summer and warm in winter.
Earth houses range from ancient underground structures to modern eco-friendly homes: They built an earth house into the hillside.
- adobeSun-dried clay bricks
- cobMaize ear's central cylinder
- rammedStruck with force
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- burrowAnimal's dug dwelling
shelter · dwelling · mud · clay · straw · natural · sustainable · green building · hobbit · hobbit hole · turf · sod · organic · off the grid · back to nature · primitive · cave · mound
earth houseskyscraper
Very tall urban building
high-rise · tower · treehouse · stilt house · glass tower
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