WATCH: Author Malcolm Wells’ Earth-Sheltered Office
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Imagine lying in the cool grass on a warm spring day, soaking up the sun, feeling the earth between your toes, counting the clouds—then climbing down off your roof to go inside and get yourself a glass of lemonade.
An earth-sheltered house just might be the next best thing to living in a Hobbit hole—and for some of us, they’re a dream come true.
Architect and author Malcolm Wells wrote the book on earth-sheltered houses. And now that book is back in print, with a new foreword by the author. Chelsea Green is proud to re-release The Earth-Sheltered House: An Architect’s Sketchbook, a classic in the field of green building.
This video gives a brief tour of the entrance to the courtyard of Wells’ underground office in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Thanks to Greg LaVardera for the video.
May 21st, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Nice youtube video, but you forget to mention why “hobbit hole” are considered green. Beside saving on building materials, being underground means you have temperature moderation ie its cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
Most Canadian houses have basements for example where even if you left the heat off all night, the basement would never go below freezing, even if the temperature drops to -30.
In the summer, the fact that below-ground rooms are cooler should be obvious.