Engineer built Ozarks hillside home in 1970; son restores it 50 years later
An engineer's son has restored a unique underground home in the Missouri Ozarks that was carved into a hillside in the 1970s. The residence, designed to blend into the natural environment, remains a notable example of sustainable and unconventional architecture.
Why it matters
The home serves as a case study for sustainable, low-impact living and DIY engineering that prioritizes harmony with natural landscapes.
An extraordinary underground home in Missouri’s Ozarks is offering viewers a rare glimpse into an unconventional experiment in architecture, engineering and sustainable living. Built by engineer Conway over several years, the house was carved into a hillside without an architect and with little outside assistance. Nearly five decades after construction began, the unusual residence reportedly remains leak-free.A home built into the Ozarks hillsideThe underground house sits on a 225-acre property in the St. Francois Mountains of southeast Missouri.
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