Hidden among the trees in Nagano Prefecture, Japan is a small earthen house designed by Tono Mirai Architects. It combines traditional materials and techniques with contemporary design. Shell House took inspiration from natural forms to create a small, organic building … Continue reading →
Below is an excerpt from Home Work: Hand Built Shelter (Shelter Publications, 2004) by Lloyd Kahn. This book features more than 1,500 photos that illustrate various innovative architectural styles and natural building materials such as cob, papercrete, bamboo, adobe, strawbale, … Continue reading →
This home is a hand-built stone house sourced completely from local materials. It is situated on over 1000 square meters, or roughly a quarter acre, of pristine jungle in the heart of the Riviera Maya in Tulum, Mexico. The lot … Continue reading →
The Sky Den treehouse was built by William Hardie Designs with George Clarke, for his Amazing Spaces television program. This house is composed of three different shapes that each blend together for an indoor/outdoor experience.The square is the central point … Continue reading →
On the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island, in the small village of Peka Peka, there are a series of hillocks that have windows and small white towers that rise above the landscape like periscopes. It turns out that … Continue reading →
I got this email from Leeann and Cody Gantz: “I am writing to you from central Montana at the foothills of the mountains. Garden zone 4b. Very high wind area. Negative 35 degrees F is very possible here.” “I wanted … Continue reading →