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    Lt's a couple timber-framed of boxes precariously nestling under a huge, unsupported constructed arch f rom26,000 hand-made tiles. The whole thing istopped by goodness knows many how tons soil of sothatwhen grassed it will itb over blend thehill.

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    Lt's a couple timber-framed of boxes precariously nestling under a huge, unsupported constructed arch f rom26,000 hand-made tiles. The whole thing istopped by goodness knows many how tons soil of sothatwhen grassed it will itb over blend thehill.

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    Radio Times Listing Grand Designs Feb 18th 2009

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    Lt's a couple timber-framed of boxes precariously nestling under a huge, unsupported constructed arch f rom26,000 hand-made tiles. The whole thing istopped by goodness knows many how tons soil of sothatwhen grassed it will itb over blend thehill.

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    Architect Richard Hawkes has
    designed a passive house(that's
    a completely airtightone,apparenfly)
    forhimself andhiswifeSophie
    thatis"zero-carbon". lt'sbasically
    a coupleoftimber-framed boxes
    nestling precariously under
    a huge,unsupported archconstructed
    f rom26,000hand-made claytiles.
    Thewholethingistoppedby
    goodness knowshowmanytonsof soil
    sothatwhenitbgrassed overit will
    blendintothehill.Whichiswherethe
    lunacyreference comesin,because
    McCloud can'tunderstand howthis
    structure isgoingto stayupright(and
    he'srightto haveconcerns because
    halfwaythroughtheproject, partof
    theroofdramatically cavesin).
    Intheoriginal drawings, thehouse
    looksasthoughit'sgoingto bea cross
    between anAnderson shelterandone
    ofthosetrendychicken Eglus,but
    asbuilding worknears anend,the
    vaulted ceiling
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