TAOS, New Mexico — Old tires, crumpled cans and empty wine bottles are piling up at construction sites across the desert. A renewed purpose awaits these discarded items, which will become the building ...

Burrowed in the hills of Black Forest sits a home. It would be easy to miss in the winter, buried in snow, if it weren’t for the protruding wall of windows. The air inside is crisp and carries the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the need for architecture to play by new rules. [Photo: Build for Tomorrow/courtesy Earthship Biotecture] This is a future Michael Reynolds, a New Mexico-based ...

The three-bedroom residence is the brainchild of Reynolds, who came up with the sustainable building concept back in the 1970s. While the idea sounds vaguely spacey, it's rooted in earth-centric ...

There’s no need to leave our orbit to experience the essence of a spaceship. Keep your feet on the ground and live in an Earthship instead. Earthships are a building design focused on the efficient ...

I stayed in an off-grid Earthship in Taos, New Mexico, on a 600-acre community of other Earthships. I spent three days in the 1,000-square-foot space with a queen bed, living area, kitchen, and bath.

TAOS, New Mexico — Old tires, crumpled cans and empty wine bottles are piling up at construction sites across the desert. A renewed purpose awaits these discarded items, which will become the building ...