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An earth sheltered house in Switzerland (Peter Vetsch) An earth shelter, also called an earth house, earth-bermed house, earth-sheltered house, [1] earth-covered house, or underground house, is a structure (usually a house) with earth against the walls and/or on the roof, or that is entirely buried underground.
An underground house in the Sassi di Matera, Italy An underground jewellery shop in Coober Pedy An example of an excavated house in Brhlovce, Slovakia. Underground living refers to living below the ground's surface, whether in natural or manmade caves or structures (earth shelters). Underground dwellings are an alternative to above-ground ...
The Ranch-style house is 23 ft (7.0 m) underground and has brick veneer siding but is enclosed in a waterproof concrete shell measuring approximately 16,000 sq ft (1,500 m 2) and covered with a compacted earth berm. The Clark County, Nevada Records show that the Underground House is on 1.05 acres (0.42 ha). [1]
Reconstruction of a pit-house in Chotěbuz, Czechia. A pit-house (or pit house, pithouse) is a house built in the ground and used for shelter. [1] Besides providing shelter from the most extreme of weather conditions, this type of earth shelter may also be used to store food (just like a pantry, a larder, or a root cellar) and for cultural activities like the telling of stories, dancing ...
One was an almost 5,400-square-foot house with eight bedrooms and five bathrooms; its basement had high ceilings, a bedroom, a bathroom, a movie theater with two rows of black leather reclining ...
Dugout home near Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 Coober Pedy dugout, Australia. A dugout or dug-out, also known as a pit-house or earth lodge, is a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground.
A "cellar" is an underground unit, but for the sake of the specified use of a "storm cellar" to protect one from high-wind storms, it seems relevant to mention saferooms. There are two basic styles of underground storm cellars. One is the "hillside" or "embankment" and the other is the "flat" ground. One other style of shelter is the under ...
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