20 years building underground maze of natural-light tunnel homes by Kirsten Dirksen on November 9, 2025 Twenty years ago, Zach and Allison Anderson began digging into a hillside on their property in Grass Valley, California, to …
35 years underground: Dan Price’s living free on tranquil river meadow by Kirsten Dirksen on August 17, 2025 For 35 years, Dan Price has lived underground in a tiny “hobbit hole” tucked into a quiet Oregon mountain meadow. …
He excavated earth-sheltered home of dry stone into rugged seacliff by Kirsten Dirksen on May 25, 2025 Dug into the mountainside and built with the very earth excavated to make space for it, Xerolithi House is a …
Couldn’t build higher. His Dugout backyard home grew upside-down by Kirsten Dirksen on January 29, 2023 When David Hills and Deborah Saunt began plans to build a home in the backyard of a 19th-century house in …
Wasn’t allowed to build on garden. Dug underground villa instead by Kirsten Dirksen on September 28, 2022 Brought up on James Bond, Chris Oakes saw the appeal of an underground lair, but his reasons for building a …
The Burrow sunken home reflects zen garden as tranquil hideout by Kirsten Dirksen on March 20, 2022 With Madrid rents too high for young architects Ignacio and Pilar, they decided to turn their studio into a stealthy …
Medieval vaulted cellar becomes unique rural micro-studio by Kirsten Dirksen on January 16, 2021 Tired of big city life, Fearghal and Salima left Paris for the tiny village of Paulhe (population 381) where they …
Texan maker’s underground survival bunkers are real batcaves by Kirsten Dirksen on June 29, 2020 In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, the protagonists are surprised by marauders, but are lucky to find a well-provisioned survival shelter. …
Underground dome house stays warm in Omaha winters by Kirsten Dirksen on November 26, 2017 Rebecca Weitzel and Jeff Waschkowski live in a buried home in Omaha, Nebraska and while winters temperatures can hit negative 30 degrees …
Kristie Wolfe builds underground home & sets rural WA hamlet by Kirsten Dirksen on September 18, 2016 Inspired by the success of the Hawaii treehouse home she built for $11,000, Kristie Wolfe began searching for land to …
