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File:700yr-Iran.jpeg|700 year old homes in Iran.
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File:TROGLODYTICHOUSES-FORGESLoire.jpeg|Underground or ‘troglodyte’ Houses at Forges, in the Loire Valley, France.
File:TROGLODYTICHOUSES-FORGESLoire.jpeg|Underground or ‘troglodyte’ Houses at Forges, in the Loire Valley, France.
File:HolyAustinHouse-KinverEdge.jpeg|The last ‘troglodyte’ dwellings occupied in England is a cave-house excavated from the local sandstone at Kinver Edge, Staffordshire.
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Underground homes

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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.

    The 'UnderhillHouse House' a 20th-century house in West Yorkshire, dubbed the ‘Hobbit house’, believed to be first modern earth-sheltered house in Britain.

  • The Hobbit House, Wales built by Simon Dale as an environmental project.

    The Hobbit House, Wales built by Simon Dale as an environmental project.

  • A Pawnee family poses outside their earth lodge at Loup, Nebraska in 1871

    A Pawnee family poses outside their earth lodge at Loup, Nebraska in 1871

  • Sod Houses were common among the rural poor in pre-war Holland. This picture is from Drenthe, Holland 1936 before WWII

    Sod Houses were common among the rural poor in pre-war Holland. This picture is from Drenthe, Holland 1936 before WWII

  • 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

    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

  • Villa Vals in France.

    Villa Vals in France.

  • Rock Houses, a traditional living arrangement of the poor in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

    Rock Houses, a traditional living arrangement of the poor in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

  • 700 year old homes in Iran.

    700 year old homes in Iran.

  • Underground or ‘troglodyte’ Houses at Forges, in the Loire Valley, France.

    Underground or ‘troglodyte’ Houses at Forges, in the Loire Valley, France.

  • The last ‘troglodyte’ dwellings occupied in England is a cave-house excavated from the local sandstone at Kinver Edge, Staffordshire.

    The last ‘troglodyte’ dwellings occupied in England is a cave-house excavated from the local sandstone at Kinver Edge, Staffordshire.


Homes Designed To Blend With Landscape

Historic Underground Homes

Underground Homes in the Movies and OnTV

  • 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.

    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.

References

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

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