Modern and Vintage – Interior Design Shop
This is not your usual earth sheltered home. It’s cleverly built into a Southern slope of a small roundish hill featuring an amazing elliptical facade. The rough surface of the wall blends very well with the nature – it looks like a part of the hill.
Read MoreSo, how much potential is there for eco-friendly adobe homes. New Mexico is an adobe hotspot. Homes like these are still built in South America and some of the Asian-side ex-Soviet countries.
Read MoreThe most expensive part of your passive house will be the green clever windows and the ventilation system. Everything else is simply packing and caulking the green home properly.
Read MoreEarthbag buildings, due to their unconventional status, are largely underestimated these days. Although the purists preach burlap bags, it makes more sense using the white sugar bags made of polyethylene strips.
Read MoreThere’s an interesting gallery of earth sheltered home plans. The architect has figured out how to get more sunlight inside. This type of green building protects the dwelling from temperature variations and noise. The temperature is easy to be kept constant and you don’t need expensive insulation.
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