The couple spent seven years designing and building an Earthship, which is a house built from upcycled materials, like tires, bottles, cans, and doors. "Sometimes I'll wake up, and I'll say to ...

The name "Earthship" was created for these homes because they are self-sustaining structures ... Contractors scour landfills to find suitable building materials for constructing Earthships. Materials ...

In the 1990s, Jay Warmke and his wife Annie of Philo, Ohio, started building a house made from tires. It’s a so-called “earthship,” a type of home designed to have minimal environmental impact. Its ...

tightly wedged between tire walls, packed with rammed earth. Architect Michael Reynolds has evolved the term “Biotecture” ...