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At first glance, this house is nothing special: a conventional two-storey brick facade with balconies, propped up by pillars. But if you get around the back of the building, it becomes clear that he has no other walls, but instead poured a huge mound of earth.
This unusual building was designed in 2006 in Clinton (Maryland, USA) by Formworks Buildings Inc., which specializes in the construction of environmentally friendly buildings, hidden partially or completely submerged land. This energy-efficient house can withstand almost any weather. From above it is covered with a layer of earth meter and laterally layer thickness reaches 7.5 meters, which provides excellent isolation.
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On a living space of 300 square meters has three bedrooms, living room, two bathrooms, kitchen, dining room and utility room. Side is a garage for two cars.
The only downside of the house owners called the deficit of natural light, but such inconvenience is more than cover other benefits "earth house". Monthly payment for heating and other utilities is only $ 150, which is 90 percent less than the cost of the same services in other houses. Thanks to a comfortable microclimate in the winter in this house is warm in the summer - cool.
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