TAOS, New Mexico — Old tires, crumpled cans and empty wine bottles are piling up at construction sites across the desert. A renewed purpose awaits these discarded items, which will become the building ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the need for architecture to play by new rules. [Photo: Build for Tomorrow/courtesy Earthship Biotecture] This is a future Michael Reynolds, a New Mexico-based ...

WESTMINSTER WEST — For the past four years, John Grant has been building an Earthship on 12 acres of land in Westminster West. Earthships are a newly emerging architectural style of off-the-grid ...

The three-bedroom residence is the brainchild of Reynolds, who came up with the sustainable building concept back in the 1970s. While the idea sounds vaguely spacey, it's rooted in earth-centric ...

There’s no need to leave our orbit to experience the essence of a spaceship. Keep your feet on the ground and live in an Earthship instead. Earthships are a building design focused on the efficient ...

I stayed in an off-grid Earthship in Taos, New Mexico, on a 600-acre community of other Earthships. I spent three days in the 1,000-square-foot space with a queen bed, living area, kitchen, and bath.

TAOS, New Mexico — Old tires, crumpled cans and empty wine bottles are piling up at construction sites across the desert. A renewed purpose awaits these discarded items, which will become the building ...