Marsha
Jun 23rd, 2008
Jun 23rd, 2008
Inspiration
Would I live in a house like this? Absolutely.
Somehow, though, I just can’t imagine someone being able to pull this off in the USA. Surely some building code or another would get in the way, don’t you think? Or am I being too cynical?
Truly, I think it can be done. I’ve been in a berm home and a straw bale home in Arizona that remind me of this.
I agree with beth — it can be done. There are rammed earth structures, etc. all over the place. And, as she says, there’s the whole Earth Ships village out in AZ. None of them look this cool, though.
Thanks for sharing the link! I’ve been wanting a hobbit hole for years now — in fact, I found a site where the person suggested using huge concrete pipes as the framework of the house. Now, I’m off to immerse myslef in your link!
I think it can be done! There’s a whole crazy bunch of “natural” houses outside of Taos, for example.
Will it hide my Precious though?
hah! Katie J: Only until your eleventy-first birthday!
In a hole, under a hill, lived Marsha et al.
Some friends of ours have a house built into a hill, though it’s not NEARLY as cool as the one in the link.
It reminds me of Bag-End!
You could absolutely do this in rural Ozarks counties - anything goes. Just buy a lot of land, otherwise you might wake up one day with an adult bookstore on one side and kids’ petting zoo on the other.
That is way cool and it reminds me of what the Hobbit’s live in!
Oh my you just found pictures of my dream house. I always wanted to be a hobbit, just a tall one with not so big and hairy feet. Hold on at 5′2″ish if I round up I guess I’m close ;-) I’m pretty sure that with some possible mods that it can be done in the US as well as Canada. I believe that they are some similar around North America already.