shore of Lake Washington (Medina, Washington, USA). This is a well-known example of an earth-sheltered home. Forestiere Underground Gardens in Fresno, California. Gallery See also Topics: Underground living Types: Applications: Proponents: Cosanti—site of "Earth House" designed by architect Paolo Soleri Earl Young (architect)—works commonly referred to as gnome homes, mushroom houses, or Hobbit houses Michael E. Reynolds—inventor of the Earthship Notes References Berge, Bjørn. The Ecology of Building Materials. Architectural Press, 2000. Campbell, Stu. The Underground House Book. Vermont: Garden Way, Inc., 1980. De Mars, John. Hydrophobic Concrete Sheds Waterproofing Membrane''' Concrete Products, January 2006.. Debord, David Douglas, and Thomas R. Dunbar. Earth Sheltered Landscapes. New York: Wan Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1985. Edelhart, Mike. The Handbook of Earth Shelter Design. Dolphin Books, 1982. Miller, David E. Toward a New Regionalism. University of Washington Press, 2005. Reid, Esmond. Understanding Buildings. The MIT Press, 1984. The Underground Space Center University of Minnesota. Earth Sheltered Housing Design. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, ed. 1978 and ed. 1979. Wade, Herb, Jeffrey Cook, Ken Labs, and Steve Selkowitz. Passive Solar: Subdivisions, windows, underground.'' Kansas City: American Solar Energy Society, 1983. External links Appropedia article on Earth-Sheltered Building StocktonUnderground : An Owner-Builder Approach Earth-Sheltered Houses An Earth Sheltered Directory Earth houses by Vetsch Architektur Self-heating eco-house by Veljko Milković Earth Homes Now Building engineering Energy conservation House types Sustainable building Semi-subterranean structures Passive cooling de:Erdhaus