Ancient Eco Architecture - 10 Sustainable Buildings That Still Stand (GALLERY)


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You might think that using natural building materials for housing is new and unique, but these photos illustrate how buildings have been constructed using basic earth and water to make mud structures that have lasted hundreds, even thousands, of years. How’s that for sustainability? Using mud to make bricks reinforced with straw also provides a huge number of dwellings for the earth’s population. Via: environmentalgraffiti |
Hay Stack Houses - The Watchhouse Brinta (GALLERY)
This piece of architecture made of haystacks is called the ‘Watchhouse Brinta’ and was created by Studio Makkink & Bey Tytsjerk. The Watchhouse can be found sitting in a field somewhere in the Dutch… [More]
Real Fairytale Houses in Trees - Amazon Treehouses (GALLERY)
Treehouse’s are no longer a simple pallet in a tree. Amazon Treehouses are taking homes in trees to new heights. Designed By Gordon Brown, the treehouses are not just for children, they’re for the… [More]
Custom Adult Tree Houses - Baumraum Architects (GALLERY)
The Germany-based company, Baumraum, designs and builds treehouses. Not the cookie-cutter, kiddy ones, but the super expensive, custom-built ones. They boast being able to build a house in any tree. Should… [More]
Chic Urban Hen Houses - The Chicken Eglu (GALLERY)
Imagine, if you will, waking up and going to your urban backyard and collecting fresh eggs for your morning ‘sunny-side ups’. American company ‘Omlet’ has designed these swanky abodes for suburban… [More]
Eco Architecture - Rammed Earth Homes
Innovations in architecture and construction materials are always welcomed because of the growing interest into going “green”. The rammed earth construction for buildings is incredibly old. It can… [More]
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