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Underground homes have been the primary form of shelter humans have used against the powers of nature and nowadays people have returned to this home alternative due to its beneficial aspects of saving energy and being sustainable in time. You save up money on energy due to the insulator aspect of hearth and become part of the natural landscape. Materiality  and texture play a vital role in a genuine underground home which can’t and should not be treated similar as a normal, regular surface home. The merge between natural textures and landscape is also an important part in the process of designing an underground ensemble.But words are priceless compared to the gallery of beutifully tucked homes featured below. Enjoy!

1. Cave pool, Santorini, Greece

2. Cave dwelling, Sicily

3. Domus Civita, Italy

4. Caves in Nottingham, England

5. Hillside Home, Vals, Switzerland

6. Cave homes, Cappadocia, Turkey

7. House Cave, Sacromonte, Spain

8. Rock houses, Iceland

9. A hogan in Arizona

10. Vardezia cave city, Georgia

11. Bad Blumau, Austria

12. The Brochs of Coigach, Scotland

13. Beckham Creek Cave Lodge, Parthenon, Arkansas

14. Sala Silvermine, Sweden

15. Village of Kandovan, Iran

16. Nas montanhas de Fafe, Portugal

17. Dietikon, Switzerland

18. Aloni house, Antiparos Island, Greece

19. Bolton Eco House, England

20. Malator in Druidstone, Wales

21. Rock house

22. Matmata village, Tunisia

23. Cave House, Festus, Missouri

24. House of Spiritual Retreat, Seville, Spain

25. Cave Home, Troo, France

26. OUTrial House, Poland

27. Dune House, Atlantic Beach