The Top 10 articles on Natural Homes during 2014

No.1 Organic Pools

With over 59,000 LIKEs the organic pool was a clear winner in 2014. A pool is one of Alexander's design patterns, No.64 in which
he notes,

"...where nourishing contact with water is missing, then each project [home] should make some attempt, on its own and in combination with other projects, to bring water into the environment."

Watch the video and download a free PDF instruction manual on how to build your own natural pool. More...

No.2 Homes Built by Women

With over 56,000 LIKEs a collection of homes built by nine inspirational women took second place. Right is one of those homes and below the collection of all nine. More...
 

No.3 World's Vegetable Gardens

You took Vegetable Gardens around the world to third place with 38,000+ LIKEs. In pattern No.177 Alexander said,

"In a healthy town every family can grow vegetables for itself. The time is past to think of this as a hobby for enthusiasts; it is a fundamental part of human life."

The article featured gardens and family food production from Yuanyang in China to Havana in Cuba. More...

More from our natural living timeline here...

No.4 Norwegian cabin

With just over 19,600 LIKEs this longhouse with a central fireplace in the very north of Norway took the number 4 spot. More...

A more traditional Norwegian log cabin looks like these in Norway's Innerdalen Valley which took the No.11 spot in our most popular articles.

More traditional (vernacular) architecture here...

No.5 Inspirational Builders...

"The hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true"

Sometimes it only takes a few determined people to lay the foundation for the rest of us to live a more environmentally kind lifestyle.

This home was built by one of those determined people and the article shares the philosophy of others in four videos with examples of the homes they build.

At 19,000+ LIKEs their presentations took the No.5 spot. More...

No.6 Treehouse Point...

With 16,600+ LIKEs taking 6th place is one of the treehouses designed by Pete Nelson. More about this and in our Pinterest collection of treehouses.

No.7 A house for my mother...

With 16,500+ LIKEs this is the house Chris Magwood built for his mother in Ontario, Canada. Chris built the straw bale house using earthen plasters and all local materials. It's an off-grid home without a straight wall in the house. More...

More straw bale homes here...

No.8 Tiny House, France

At No.8 was this tiny woodland house in the Dordogne, France. It's home to Menthé a French journeyman carpenter who lives in a woodland community with other carpenters and their families. More...

You can see a collection of tiny homes on our Pinterest collection tiny homes.

No.9 Hundertwasser's cottage.

With 16,300+ LIKEs Hundertwasser's home in Austria took place No.9. More...

Hundertwasser believed people should be able to build their own homes unhindered by planning constraints. He said,

"The individual's desire to build something should not be deterred! Everyone should be able and have to build and thus be truly responsible for the four walls in which he lives."

More green roof home articles here...

No.10 Ivan's Cob Summer House

Finally at No.10 is Ivan's tiny cob summer house that he built with family and friends just south of Sofia in Bulgaria. It was their first attempt at building a natural home. More...

Of all the natural building methods cob is probably the most popular. It is forgiving of our mistakes and lends itself to our desire to sculpt a home. Here's a collection of cob homes on Pinterest.