Comments on: Learn from wombats: earth sheltered homes have a lower environmental impact

By: Rajan Mistry

Rajan Mistry — Wed, 09 May 2012 02:03:29 +0000

It’s fine that there’s a triple garage…just as long as there are about 8 people living inside inside of 2. Unlikely, but how deep does the rabbit hole go???

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:47:42 +0000

Yes it would be great to see the roof planted with dune grasses native to Florida. I believe this evolution in the contemporary occupation of the Dune Houses would be in keeping with Morgan’s original design intent. Of course, it would be important to ask him first if the new owner valued the integrity of the design!
[ http://www.fairchildgarden.org/uploads/docs/Education/teacher%20training/green%20machines/Plants%20and%20ecosystems3.pdf ]

By: Tom Turner

Tom Turner — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:47:12 +0000

It is a brilliant project – but it is rather a pity to have treated the external space as golf course, unless of course one is a golfer. I’d like to see the principles William Morgan illustrates used first on the scale of a group of houses, then a village, then a town and then a city. I’ll call that progress.

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:21:51 +0000

Ahead of his time, William Morgan built Dune House,twin condos in the dunes of Florida in 1974. [ http://www.williammorganarchitects.com/residential-design/dune/ ]

By: Tom Turner

Tom Turner — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:16:12 +0000

I don’t think wombats, hobbits or teletubbies have gas guzzlers but perhaps they have aspirations.

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:57:14 +0000

Yes the earth sheltered atrium house has a roof top parking spot!
[ http://blueroof.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/homes-getting-greener/ ]