Forum: Alternative Housing

Howdy. I'm new to this forum; I would have posted this in the "living off the grid" section but it wouldn't let me. I'm building a couple 12' by...

This woman builds this impressive semi-underground home with basically a machete and little else. It's absolutely amazing. I've never seen anything...

Observer Ranch, in the "New Valley of the Sun"

Many years ago, I played around on CAD, drawing a cool home design. The front of the home was a big arc (section of a circle) with passive solar, and...

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We will build a New Oasis for Life in Canada Since 2003, Lifechanyuan has been running for fourteen years. We established our first branch in...

I have been looking into getting off the grid for some time now, and am down to the last 6 months before my "time runs out" (job situation hurries up...

Air Crete Dome Homes – Video By Robert May 13, 2017 Nothing to do with the coming ice age, but I find this concept...

Luis de Garrido is a Spanish architect, designer and researcher who specializes in sustainable architecture; designing eco-friendly, self-sustaining...

Came across this video the other day, and I was quite amazed. Watch this young man build a house from whats around him, with hand made tools. ...

I thought I'd share this with everyone. He builds a home using stone tools. Pretty fascinating IMO. ...

I decided we are far enough along that we could share my husband's modified A-frame that we are building. He was just going to make an A-frame, but,...

I built it two days ago at the camp to protect cold air while sleeping. Blocking air movement is simple technique of emergency shelter construction.

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This thread is dedicated to telling my and your story of how we're are returning to the land.... Cause over the years as I traveled in rural...

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It is a commercial product... Patented :( Nevertheless the method might be of some use... Potentially could be "homemade"... It uses "mycelium, a...

Hey folks, Just found this very cool secret door hack. I´m sure some of you preppers may find a good use for it. The same techniques can be...

My study of this topic is ongoing and has been very shocking to me! I stumbled onto this body of ancient knowledge because of my new partner. He...

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My daughter and I built a teepee last summer (her first big project on her sewing machine.) This is not a "living" structure, but a kid's "fort" and...

HI folks Got this by email. 'Squatter' secretly builds incredible (but thoroughly illegal) treehouse hidden in Canada's Whistler forest just...

I am not sure it really is a good winter shelter but it does seem like a do-able light weight shelter. https://youtube.com/watch?v=yPDIJ0hqWQw

When you become the architect of your own home, you become the architect of your life. {A home in Bangladesh costs only $300, monsoonal rains and...