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File:PawneeEarthLodge-Nebraska2.jpg|A Pawnee family poses outside their earth lodge at Loup, Nebraska in 1871 | File:PawneeEarthLodge-Nebraska2.jpg|A Pawnee family poses outside their earth lodge at Loup, Nebraska in 1871 | ||
File:SodHouses-Holland.JPG| Sod Houses were common among the rural poor in pre-war Holland. This picture is from Drenthe, Holland 1936 before WWII | File:SodHouses-Holland.JPG|Sod Houses were common among the rural poor in pre-war Holland. This picture is from Drenthe, Holland 1936 before WWII | ||
File:Matmata-Tunisia.jpeg|One of the many underground houses on the outskirts of Matmata, Tunisia | |||
file:MesaVerde-Colorado.jpeg|The ‘Cliff Palace’ homes at Mesa Verde, Colorado - a state park that contains hundreds of pueblo (Indian village) ruins up to 13 centuries old. | file:MesaVerde-Colorado.jpeg|The ‘Cliff Palace’ homes at Mesa Verde, Colorado - a state park that contains hundreds of pueblo (Indian village) ruins up to 13 centuries old. | ||
File:Monsanto-Portugal.jpeg|Homes under stones at Monsanto, Portugal | |||
File:KandovanIran.jpeg|700 year old rock homes at the base of Mt. Sahand, Kandovan, Iran. | File:KandovanIran.jpeg|700 year old rock homes at the base of Mt. Sahand, Kandovan, Iran. | ||
File:RockHouses-Mansfield2.jpeg|Rock Houses, a traditional living arrangement of the poor in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire | File:RockHouses-Mansfield2.jpeg|Rock Houses, a traditional living arrangement of the poor in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire | ||
File:TROGLODYTICHOUSES-FORGESLoire.jpeg|Underground or ‘troglodyte’ Houses at Forges, in the Loire Valley, France. These were still occupied in the 1960s. | File:TROGLODYTICHOUSES-FORGESLoire.jpeg|Underground or ‘troglodyte’ Houses at Forges, in the Loire Valley, France. These were still occupied in the 1960s. | ||
File:RockhouseRetreat-Worcestershire.jpeg|Rockhouse Retreat, a sandstone cave located | File:VialaDuTarn.jpeg|Troglodyte houses at Peyres, Viala-Du-Tarn in the Aveyron region of southern France. This ancient village takes its name from the rock (pierre) against which it was built. | ||
File:HolyAustin-KinverEdge.jpeg|One of the Holy Austin Rock Houses, one of the red sandstone rock houses at Kinver Edge, Worcestershire, which date back to the 1770s. | |||
File:RockhouseRetreat-Worcestershire.jpeg|Rockhouse Retreat, a sandstone cave located near Bewdley, Worcestershire. Newly refurbished, It had previously been occupied for 700 years then abandoned in the 1960s. | |||
File:SetenildelasBodegas-Spain.jpeg|Setenil de las Bodegas near Cádiz, Spain famous for its dwellings built into rock overhangs above the Río Guadalporcún. | File:SetenildelasBodegas-Spain.jpeg|Setenil de las Bodegas near Cádiz, Spain famous for its dwellings built into rock overhangs above the Río Guadalporcún. | ||
File:CuevasdelPino–SacromonteSpain.jpeg|Cuevas del Pino (Cave House)a modern take on the traditional cave house concept at Sacromonte Spain. | File:CuevasdelPino–SacromonteSpain.jpeg|Cuevas del Pino (Cave House)a modern take on the traditional cave house concept at Sacromonte Spain. | ||
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File:OrganicHouse-Senosiain.jpeg|The ‘Organic House’, Mexico. A bubble house by architect Javier Senosiain | File:OrganicHouse-Senosiain.jpeg|The ‘Organic House’, Mexico. A bubble house by architect Javier Senosiain | ||
File:BILD-Netherlands.jpg|A wartime bunker in Holland converted by architect B-ILD into a holiday home. | |||
File:nCavedHouse-Serifos.jpeg|The nCaved House On the Greek island of Serifos, designed by Mold Architects in 2021. | |||
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Historic Underground Homes[edit]
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A Pawnee family poses outside their earth lodge at Loup, Nebraska in 1871
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Sod Houses were common among the rural poor in pre-war Holland. This picture is from Drenthe, Holland 1936 before WWII
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One of the many underground houses on the outskirts of Matmata, Tunisia
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The ‘Cliff Palace’ homes at Mesa Verde, Colorado - a state park that contains hundreds of pueblo (Indian village) ruins up to 13 centuries old.
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Homes under stones at Monsanto, Portugal
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700 year old rock homes at the base of Mt. Sahand, Kandovan, Iran.
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Rock Houses, a traditional living arrangement of the poor in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
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Underground or ‘troglodyte’ Houses at Forges, in the Loire Valley, France. These were still occupied in the 1960s.
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Troglodyte houses at Peyres, Viala-Du-Tarn in the Aveyron region of southern France. This ancient village takes its name from the rock (pierre) against which it was built.
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One of the Holy Austin Rock Houses, one of the red sandstone rock houses at Kinver Edge, Worcestershire, which date back to the 1770s.
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Rockhouse Retreat, a sandstone cave located near Bewdley, Worcestershire. Newly refurbished, It had previously been occupied for 700 years then abandoned in the 1960s.
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Setenil de las Bodegas near Cádiz, Spain famous for its dwellings built into rock overhangs above the Río Guadalporcún.
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Cuevas del Pino (Cave House)a modern take on the traditional cave house concept at Sacromonte Spain.
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Homes built under rock inspired by elves of local mythology at Eyjafjoll, Iceland
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Some of the 1000 ’Sassi’ cave dwellings at Matera, a town in the Basilicata region of Italy.
Homes Designed To Blend With Landscape[edit]
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A real-life copy of the Hobbit House ‘Bag End’ in Wales, built by Simon Dale as an environmental project.
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The 'UnderhillHouse House' a 20th-century house in West Yorkshire, dubbed the ‘Hobbit house’, believed to be first modern earth-sheltered house in Britain.
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Woolbrook Reservoir at Sidmouth in Devon was converted as a ‘self-build’ project by Robert and Ann Hardy from a storage tank they bought off South West Water in 2008
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Villa Vals in France.
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Cave apartment designed by French architect Jean-Pierre Lott in Monaco.
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A group of nine interconnected underground homes on the Estate Lattenstrasse at Dietikon, Switzerland.
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The ‘Organic House’, Mexico. A bubble house by architect Javier Senosiain
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A wartime bunker in Holland converted by architect B-ILD into a holiday home.
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The nCaved House On the Greek island of Serifos, designed by Mold Architects in 2021.
Underground Homes in the Movies and On TV[edit]
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The Lars Homestead on planet Tatooine where Luke Skywalker grew up. The surface level dome house was a set constructed for the movie at Nefta, Tunisia while the courtyard pit was a real hotel, the Hôtel Sidi Driss in Tunisia, 250 miles away in Malmaison.
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‘Bag End’, Bilbo Baggins house at ‘Hobbiton’ in Peter Jackson’s set for the Lord of the Rings movies - built at Matamata, New Zealand.
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The Tellytubby House on the set of the children’s TV show of the same name.
References[edit]
http://theundergroundhomedirectory.com/infographic-types-of-underground-homes/ http://www.oddee.com/item_98085.aspx http://www.dwell.com/houses-we-love/article/6-camouflaged-houses-blend-land https://twitter.com/archpics/status/635330131775627265/photo/1
http://www.simondale.net/ https://www.pinterest.co.uk/explore/underground-homes/?lp=true
