We set out to build a real Hobbit-style house using only mud, natural materials, and our hands. What started as a simple idea turned into a full underground shelter built into the earth. No machines, ...

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 ...