This Hobbit House at Les Toits du Monde eco-resort in Nominingue, Quebec features a distinctive green roof that extends to the ground with leg-like extensions. The design provides passive cooling in summer and heat retention in winter. Built with straw bale walls achieving R-30 insulation, limestone plaster, and log rafters, the cabin operates completely off-grid [...]
Cob Homes
Off-Grid Hobbit-like Cave Home Built into a Hillside
This is a tiny and cozy off-grid home that is perfectly reminiscent of a Hobbit-like cave. Outside, you’ll see a curved roof line over two double doors that open wide to make the inside and outside living space one. From the front of the house you have views of a lily-pad-filled pond that includes a [...]
Construction of an Earthbag Tiny House
If you’re interested in building an earthbag tiny house someday, I think you’ll love this fascinating time-lapse construction sequence. Outside, you’ll notice a circular home that has an “adobe” feel. You can see the whole entire process below, from the laying of the first earthbags to the many layers of mud that create the exterior, to [...]
Man Builds Cozy and Sustainable Tiny Home Made of Earth
Nestled within nature in Northern Arizona is this sustainable tiny home made of Earth owned and built by Cody Lundin. You may recognize him from various television interviews and magazines. As a professional survivalist for over 25 years, Cody built his own self-reliant earth house which, by the way, is completely off the grid. One of the [...]
One Woman’s Path to Freedom with an Earthbag Tiny House
This earthbag tiny house story is a guest post by Atulya K. Bingham – share yours! My name is Atulya K. Bingham. I never thought I’d build my own house. I hadn’t so much as considered it. As far as I knew, I didn’t particularly even like building. I’d never so much as banged in a nail. [...]
Little Fairytale Cob Cottage
Check out this two-story fairytale cob cottage nestled in the woods of Mayne Island in British Columbia. For a cob home, this one looks amazing to live in full time. I personally, love the textured stone flooring. Downstairs is the living area with glass sliding doors that open to the beautiful stone courtyard to expand [...]
Family Tiny House Made of Streetcars with Cob Studios in the Yard
In this post I’m going to show you a family tiny house that’s made out of 1920s recycled streetcars. And it gets even better than that. Not only is the home recycled but the family also has some cob structures in the back. A man cave and a she cave. The main home itself comprises [...]

