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==Historic Underground Homes==
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File:700yr-Iran2.jpeg|700 yr old underground houses carved from natural rock formations at the foot of Mount Sahand, in Kandovan, Iran.
File:PawneeEarthLodge-Nebraska.jpg|A Pawnee family poses outside their earth lodge at Loup, Nebraska in 1871
File:PawneeEarthLodge-Nebraska.jpg|A Pawnee family poses outside their earth lodge at Loup, Nebraska in 1871
File:SodHouses.JPG| Sod Houses were common among the rural poor in pre-war Holland. This picture is from Drenthe, Holland 1936 before WWII
File:SodHouses.JPG| Sod Houses were common among the rural poor in pre-war Holland. This picture is from Drenthe, Holland 1936 before WWII
File:700yr-Iran.jpeg|700 year old homes in 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.
==Homes Designed To Blend With Landscape==
HobbitHouseWales.jpg| The Hobbit House, Wales built by Simon Dale as an environmental project.
UnderhillHouse.JPG|The 'UnderhillHouse House' a  20th-century house in West Yorkshire, dubbed the ‘Hobbit house’, believed to be first modern earth-sheltered house in Britain.
UnderhillHouse.JPG|The 'UnderhillHouse House' a  20th-century house in West Yorkshire, dubbed the ‘Hobbit house’, believed to be first modern earth-sheltered house in Britain.
File:WoolbrookResevoir-Devon.jpg|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
File:WoolbrookResevoir-Devon.jpg|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
File:VillaVals.jpeg|Villa Vals in France.
File:VillaVals.jpeg|Villa Vals in France.
HobbitHouseWales.jpg| The Hobbit House, Wales built by Simon Dale as an environmental project.
 
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==Homes Designed To Blend With Landscape==
==Historic Underground Homes==




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Historic Underground Homes

  • 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

  • 700 year old homes in Iran.

    700 year old homes in Iran.

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

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

  • Underground or ‘troglodyte’ Houses at Forges, in the Loire Valley, France. These were still occupied in the 1960s.

    Underground or ‘troglodyte’ Houses at Forges, in the Loire Valley, France. These were still occupied in the 1960s.

  • File:==Homes Designed To Blend With Landscape==
  • The Hobbit House, Wales built by Simon Dale as an environmental project.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.


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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