While some mistakenly believe that earth-bermed architecture is a ... and topped with natural vegetation. The design of the energy-efficient “sod house” with two arched glass openings was ...

The design often makes these homes nearly invisible ... Lehmann says. "Living in an earth-bermed house comes also with unique challenges. The initial construction costs can be up to 20% higher ...

Jeff Ingram and Steve Travis had long shared a dream of living on land overlooking the Yaquina River, a 50-mile serpentine ribbon of blue that empties into the Pacific Ocean at Newport. Low on ...

the earth sheltered house is not just an affectation of Tolkien, but a serious approach to green design. Perhaps the greatest proponent of it was the late Malcolm Wells, who wrote: But now another ...

Once again, America’s overconsumption of energy has made energy efficiency an important consideration in all facets of our lives, including home design ... An earth-bermed house can reap ...

Lloyd Alter is Design Editor for Treehugger and teaches ... it really should be Waterland. Any earth-sheltered house had better be very carefully sited so that it doesn't fill up with water.

saw him advocate tirelessly for “environmentally responsible design.” Dubbed the “father of modern earth-sheltered architecture,” Wells wrote dozens of books on both building earth ...

I sold the home in 1982 for a profit after spending five years fixing it up, and bought rural land to build my dream home — an earth-sheltered, passive solar house I built using several ...

An earth-bermed house was important ... "And because this house is solid, poured concrete blocks, it's drawing that temperature into the house. So when it's 95 degrees outside, we're pulling ...

Jacque Foust remembers heading up the driveway, searching the landscape for the house his real estate ... it before," said Foust of the 1970s earth-sheltered home in River Falls, Wis.

The house has earth berms on the west ... Architect James Dufty helped the couple design the single-story home. Davis Caves Construction from Illinois built the concrete shell.

TALLMADGE TOWNSHIP, MI – When Tom and Jill Newhouse decided it was time for a new “green” roof on their passive solar and earth-sheltered house and design studio, there were a lot more ...