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Guide to Icelandic turf houses
On the outside, the roof grows grass. I read that the traditional kind of turf house is not built in Iceland anymore, but new ...
Deep in the northern chill of Iceland, just outside the arctic circle, the Hof House sits snugly within ... into stepping stones. Even the grass on the green roof came from local site leftovers ...
A design firm built a camouflaged house in Iceland for a couple who wanted a vacation home. The house slopes with the surrounding terrain, and the roof is covered in grass and moss. There are ...
A traditional turf roof blankets a wooden house in Iceland. Photograph by Danita Delimont, Getty Images In 1918, Iceland gained independence from Denmark, setting in motion a wave of nationalism ...
and its roof is covered in moss. Courtesy of Icelandic Provisions "This cozy elf cottage features magical, panoramic views of blades of grass and the feet of passersby. It's a little (we mean ...