mud house

Carried away by the aesthetics of Bannerghatta National Park and its surroundings, these three friends decided to build their eco-friendly homes near the park, leaving city life behind.

A Jagatheesan from Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, built a 1,000-sq-ft sustainable mud house for Rs 20 lakh to prove that they are just as strong as concrete ones.

Mini T and her family from Kerala built a two-storeyed mud and stone home with very little concrete to survive harsh summers.

Sakshi Bhatia and Arpit Maheshwari quit their corporate jobs in the US and returned to India to set up a farm venture called Jeevantika in Madhya Pradesh.

Architects Manasi and Guruprasad from Kerala built an eco-friendly house using natural materials like mud and reused wood. Here's how to build a home and how much it costs.

Architects Nithin MS and Manoj Badkillaya, built a sustainable home in Karnataka that has reused old wood and roof tiles along with locally-sourced materials. This is how it took shape

Yuga Akhare and Sagar Shirude from Pune share how sourcing local materials and labour and upcycling waste helped them build a two-storeyed house for just Rs 4 Lakh.

Sudhakar and Noushadya are currently living in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, where they have built an ecofriendly, sustainable house from natural raw materials and mud amidst a farm.

Kerala-based Basheer Kalakkal’s mud house is as spacious as a modern-day house, with three bedrooms with attached bathrooms, a kitchen, a work area, a hall, and an outdoor seating area. The house was built over 1,090 sq ft, and cost Rs 9 lakh.

Built using mud and debris, this low-cost home in Bengaluru is all things eco-friendly - from solar panels and rainwater harvesting to organic garden and greywater recycling!