The home was designed up to PHIUS standards, a nonprofit that certifies homes aiming for passive house certification. (Image credit: Eric Hausman. Design: Tom Bassett-Dilley Architects) ...

Earthsip architecture employs passive solar principles, off-grid design, and location-specific alterations to meet all of a home's basic needs, including comfort, food, water, shelter, and ...

Plan a comfortable, energy-efficient home that saves you money on heating and cooling with passive solar house plans and design basics.

Earth Talk: Designing homes for extreme weather. ... The Climate-Resilient Housing Initiative has put forth plans to build ...

See inside Goobarragandra's famous 'Earth home' that was built underground on a grassy hill and featured on Grand Designs. Contemporary home built into side of hill in the Goobarragandra valley ...

The home located in Goobarragandra Valley and once featured on Grand Designs Australia is tucked in among 14.5 acres of landscapes, green grass and rolling hills. The property has price hopes ...

As the Japanese artist Kazunori Hamana puts it simply, “We humans are a part of nature.” His home, in Isumi, perched 50m from the Pacific Ocean, is the perfect example of how the harmony ...