PLYMPTON — June and Richard Shire share their home with a whimsical collection of teddy bears that attests to the cozy ambience of their one-story, partially underground house. A bear family ...

It's an earth-sheltered ... and underground-building guru Malcolm “Mac” Wells. An earth-bermed house can reap about 95 percent of the energy advantages of a fully underground home, and adding ...

Read on to discover 12 spectacular subterranean properties with hidden depths, from a hobbit house in Colombia to an iceberg home in Colorado. Monica / Airbnb Partially submerged in a hillside, this ...

The 57-year-old management company owner says he likes the view, especially when storm clouds bear down on the concrete-and-steel, earth-sheltered home he carved into the hill southeast of ...

A River Falls, Wisconsin, house has fans ... called the “Bermed-Earth-Sheltered home” and draws curious “Hobbit”-like images thanks to it being tucked slightly underground and away from ...

Underground homes, also known as Earth-sheltered homes, have been around for nearly as long as humans have, though the modern incarnation seemed to gain traction in the 1970s after the 1973 oil ...

That's because her house ... by earth-sheltered homes, Mr Mitchell and Mr Lloyd both said people living in underground houses should still have a comprehensive bushfire plan.

Earth-sheltered homes, aka underground or subterranean homes, are eco-friendly and energy-efficient residences built partially or entirely below ground level. This construction style utilizes the ...