They are not just in The Shire anymore
Who knew a Hobbit-style abode could be so exquisite?
They are not just in The Shire anymore
There are many ways architects can choose to "green" their projects—using sustainable building materials, harnessing renewable energy sources, managing
These unique properties are like real-life Hobbit holes
Who knew a Hobbit-style abode could be so exquisite?
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Image 9 of 25 from gallery of Earth House / BCHO Architects. Photograph by Wooseop Hwang
ilovelibya: Cave home with a courtyard Tripoli, Libya
Earth House Estate Lättenstrasse by Vetsch Architektur in Switzerland An earth-covered, subterranean community of nine homes. The daytime areas are situated towards the south, the nighttime area...
The California Institute of Earth, or “CalEarth,” is a non-profit organization that has created sustainable, affordable and beautiful solutions to the human need for shelter worldwide. We are obsessed with CalEarth’s work because their mission is important now more than ever. Did you know that our current global housing shortage includes some 20-40 million refugees...
Using natural materials, the Cal-Earth Institute is helping people build homes that can withstand fires, earthquakes, and hurricanes.
The Hilton Hotel Schiphol Airport, Designed by Mecanoo is located near Amsterdam’s international airport. With its diagonal patterned facade, curved corners
A skylit shower. Tagged: Bath Room. Photo 14 of 17 in This Lush, Underground Home Is a Hideaway Fit For a Hobbit. Browse inspirational photos of modern bathrooms. Explore sinks, bathtubs, and showers, creative tile designs, and a variety of counter and flooring ideas.
Walker Workshop designed this striking minimalist home that melds into its hillside landscape in Beverly Hills, Los Angles County, California.
1. Pan Am's First Office, now a bar owned by the actress from Top Gun The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery in Key West Florida. Find out more about it on Atlas Obscura. 2. A Femme Fatale's Ring Gun In the early 180
Image 1 of 37 from gallery of The House Under the Ground / WillemsenU. Photograph by Rob van Esch
These 'earth houses' have been built in the Swiss city of Dietikon to take advantage of the ground's natural insulation which means they only use a third of the energy of a normal home.
I want to show you, travellers in my country, our old architectural heritage - the turf houses of Iceland, which are a passion of mine. I am often asked where the turf
Merging nature, architecture, and ecology, Casa Organica, by Javier Senosiain, is intimately tucked away in its own microclimate.
J’adore cette belle maison trouvée sur themodernhouse. Le jardin entre dans la maison ou bien est-ce une grande serre habitée? En fait, les photos ne permettent pas de bien comprendre comment la maison est agencée. Où commence la maison? Où commence la véranda? Ou bien est-ce une serre? En tout cas le résultat titille notre […]
When you find a peaceful joy, that’s when you are near the truth. -Rumi Nader Khalili (1936-2008) is the world-renowned Iranian-American architect, author, humanitarian, teacher, and inno…
Located on a small beachfront town in the Bay of Islands of New Zealand, the Rawhiti Bach is a house extension designed as guest wing which supply extra
Merging nature, architecture, and ecology, Casa Organica, by Javier Senosiain, is intimately tucked away in its own microclimate.
Luigi Rosselli Architects recently won a TERRA Award for The Great Wall of WA, an ambitious structure featuring 12 musterers’ quarters built into a sand dune in the Pilbara region. Leanne Amodeo reports on the project’s award-winning form.
Image 5 of 33 from gallery of FM House / alarciaferrer arquitectos. Photograph by Federico Cairoli
Completed in 2010 in . Images by Philippe Ruault. The site on which this project is situated lies in the verdant valley of the Adour de Lesponne river, in the mountainous region of the...
Cool in the summer, warm in the winter, and protected from the elements, earthen shelters—or hobbit houses—aren't only for Bilbo in the Shire.
Image 1 of 23 from gallery of Vacation Cottages / PK Arkitektar. Photograph by Rafael Pinho
