In the town of Barichara, deep in the Andes mountains, Julio Leon is building a three-room house. It’s made mostly out of ...

You don’t need to be named Frodo Baggins or live in The Shire to enjoy the benefits of an earth-sheltered home. Earth-sheltered homes, aka underground or subterranean homes, are eco-friendly and ...

Imagine you arrive at a hillside retreat in the Pacific Northwest right when the evening fog starts to move in. You touch the walls and they’re cool. The colors ...

Engineers in Australia have developed a new building material with about one quarter of concrete’s carbon footprint, while reducing waste going to landfill. This innovative material, called ...

An eco-conscious residence being billed as the San Antonio area’s first modern “rammed earth” home has hit the market with a $435,000 price tag. Rammed earth is an ancient building technique that’s ...

Rammed earth construction has long been considered a super efficient and sustainable building method, but it isn’t usually this gorgeous. Meet the Earth House, a thoroughly modern take on this ...

As you drive through rural areas of Missouri's St. Clair, Jefferson and Franklin counties, farms, homes and small family-owned businesses dot the landscape. But every now and then you'll pass a piece ...