In the town of Barichara, deep in the Andes mountains, Julio Leon is building a three-room house. It’s made mostly out of ...

Imagine you arrive at a hillside retreat in the Pacific Northwest right when the evening fog starts to move in. You touch the walls and they’re cool. The colors ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. As you drive through rural areas of St. Clair, Jefferson and Franklin counties, farms, homes and small family-owned businesses ...

In the early 80s, I saw the Earth House Estate Lättenstrasse on TV for the first time. I'd always had a passion for architecture so I was fascinated by the whole concept: round homes, almost like ...

An eco-conscious residence being billed as the San Antonio area’s first modern “rammed earth” home has hit the market with a $435,000 price tag. Rammed earth is an ancient building technique that’s ...

An alternative to standard concrete, rammed earth is a more sustainable construction method that's growing in popularity.

Growing up, Pete Bissonette always wanted to live in a bus or a cave. The latter dream came true, at least in a sense. Bissonette has one of the about 650 homes Mankato-based Earth Sheltered ...

Moroccan researchers have investigated the potential energy savings of PV systems integrated with biomaterial-based walls in rural areas. They say that solar-powered earth homes could achieve a ...

On a clear day, Tim and Beth Anderson can see Wisconsin and all the way to Duluth from their home on the highest hill overlooking Knife River. "It's like a tree house," Beth said as she stood on her ...