You know…..no matter how unconventional a house is, you can get away with it if it’s as good looking as this one.

Funky and ugly doesn’t float anybody’s boat.

Here’s another earthship video….out in Taos, NM….part of the Michael Reynold’s bunch of earthships.

These are about as high-end as you can get….so it’s no surprise that they’re attractive.

And, at $225.00 a square foot, you should be able to create something pretty nice.

That doesn’t include the purchase price for the land, I imagine.

Taos is kind of expensive from what I remember.

Underground is an interesting way to go, though.

When you think that there’s the potential for rising temperatures and more expensive cooling costs in the future, having a house that’s set up to be cooled and insulated (easy to cool, easy to keep warm) by the earth is appealing.

You could probably build a super-insulated and more conventional house that would be cheaper and very energy efficient….and an earthship could be built for a lot less money, too (see yesterday’s video)….but it’s fun to see a fancy version of an “outsider” way of building.

This video was made by Deek Diedricksen.

Here’s a link to Michael Reynold’s site…. earthship.com.