

Looks like vertical placed logs are helping to support the berm on the right. "We do not have any heating on at all in the winter and the building still stays at 72 degrees. The light comes in through the full-length windows in winter but in the summer the sun’s heat does not penetrate so you stay cool" say the owners. www.publicarchitecture.co.uk
Earth sheltered home with conventional facade. Dig out a pond (raise fish or create a natural swim pond) and place the soil on the house. By Formworks. formworksbuilding.com
Earth sheltered home, as above. See the kit and plans at: earthshelter.com
The facade may accommodate any architectural styling of the home owners choosing. Here the structure is a bolted together skeletal steel system which is then sprayed with pressurized concrete, same process as a gunite swimming pool. formworksbuilding.com
This earth sheltered house, in the wilds of the Outer Hebrides, provides a perfect living environment for harsh weather. This home's support walls are constructed of PolarWall (polystyrene). polarwall.co.uk

Earth sheltered Pinnacle House is an award-winning, sustainably-designed home in Lyme, New Hampshire. The home was designed and built by architect Don Metz in 1971, a pioneer in green home design and construction. The north-side of the house is built into the hillside, creating a green roof through the use of earth-sheltered building techniques. The house faces due south, offering passive solar gain and spectacular views from every room. thepinnaclehouse.com
Inside of above. thepinnaclehouse.com

"Underhill", near Holmfirth, Yorkshire, UK.
'The first “modern” earth-sheltered house in Britain and the home of its architect Arthur Quarmby, a pioneer of earth-sheltered buildings. The house features earth embankments, turf roof, lots of insulation and a visual impact that not even the pickiest of neighbors could fault.' martinbondphotos.co.uk

Earth Sheltered Rainbow Valley Farm.
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This bermed house in California is also passive solar. Image courtesy of NREL.

Earth bermed home. Back and one side covered with soil.
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Plan for above home. In a rainy climate, with this design, it would be necessary to create a waterproof channel along the north wall of the home to direct water away from the home, or possibly into a tank that could also store heat. minimalisthomedezine.blogspot.com

Malcolm Wells Cherry Hill Office.
A quiet, light filled office beneath a meadow that physically impacts its immediate environment as little as possible, yet is adjacent to a six lane highway. malcolmwells.com

Earth Sheltered Homes, Parame, St-Malo, France.
Photo by: John Leather, flickr.com

Robot Ranch, seven interconnected earth sheltered domes. This home built into the side of a hill has 4,144 square feet of living area, yet it disappears into the landscape. monolithic.com

Earth sheltered homes in the eco-village at Dyssekilde, Denmark. dyssekilde.dk/uk

An earth sheltered home in Oregon being readied for its earth covering. A whole blog devoted to the construction of this home here: dragonflyhill.org

Allan Shope designed an ecologically focused house for himself and his family in Amenia, New York. The triangular house is built into the earth, and covered with native flora transplanted from other parts of the property. shopearchitect.com

Interior of earth sheltered home, above. Interior wood was milled from trees on the property. Image copyright Architectural Digest: architecturaldigest.com

Earth sheltered dome home in Vermont. earthshelteredtech.com

The Walled Garden, Barnsdale with greenhouse by Search Architects. The home is single room deep, facing the sun, super-insulated, cut in to the landscape contours, covered in earth and overlooking the open countryside. searcharchitects.co.uk
Dani Ridge House in California by Carver + Schicketanz is tucked into a hillside. Gorgeous house, see more pics: carverschicketanz.com

An earth-sheltered dwelling (Jag Hol) on the outskirts of the Norfolk village of East Tuddenham. A self-built insitu concrete, single story dwelling with exceptional insulation levels which costs less than £10 a week to run. searcharchitects.co.uk

Underground home by local architect John Bodger. This two-story house is burrowed backwards into rock at the site of on an old quarry. In Cumbria, UK. Plans and lots more about the project: www.ingenia.org.uk.pdf

Underground home by John Bodger. As above.

Dutch Mountain House, Huizen, Netherlands by denieuwegeneratie. archdaily.com

Earth sheltered home, Saint Jeannet, France, photo by
Jean-Pierre Cavelan. picasaweb.google.com

Earth House Estate Lättenstrasse, Dietikon, Switzerland.
These earth covered houses are centered around a small artificial lake with the entrances well hidden and integrated into the sides of the settlement. The residential settlement consists of nine houses, one a 7 bedroom home! The daytime areas are situated towards the south, the night time areas towards the north. In the middle, you find the bathrooms and the connecting stairs to the basement. All the bathrooms get natural light through rooftop windows. www.erdhaus.ch

Hobbiton, as used in The Hobbit film. Near Matamata in New Zealand. Photo: Rob Chandler.

Underground home, Hobbiton, New Zealand.

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Use an umbrella to insulate the surrounding soil and increase inner temperatures even more. An umbrella house or PAHS (Passive Annual Heat Storage) home works on the principle that Earth is an ideal thermal mass for storing heat over long time periods. Summer’s heat is absorbed out of the home into the surrounding dry earth, keeping it cool and comfortable. This heat reserve is then conducted back up into the home when winter temperatures prevail, heat is available even through an entire winter. To contain the heat, the heat should flow between the earth and the home, rather than the earth and the out-of-doors. Keeping the earth dry around the periphery of the home is necessary. The umbrella's sandwich of polystyrene insulation and polyethylene sheeting (about R-20) insulates a huge mass of surrounding dirt instead of just the house. The lower, inside portion of the home needs but minimal insulation. See John Hait’s book: Passive Annual Heat Storage, Improving the Design of Earth Shelters. earthshelters.com, norishouse.com

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