In this video, I build a hobbit house using only primitive tools and materials. This is part of a series on building a stone house, featuring multiple parts that detail the construction process.

The creations of natural-materials builder Brett LeCompte of Dolores are featured in the 2017 architecture book, Small Homes: The Right Size by Lloyd Kahn. Several pages display LeCompte’s straw-bale ...

HERE’S TED. IN THE WOODS OF ELIOT, MAINE, STANDS QUITE THE UNUSUAL HOUSE. MANY PEOPLE REFER THIS AS THE HOBBIT HOUSE OF MAINE. THE HOBBIT HOUSE HAS BEEN WELL KNOWN IN THIS TOWN SINCE THE 1970S, WHEN ...