Building Off The Grid

Two natural builders team up to experiment with a never-before used building material: mushrooms. They hope to virtually grow a home that blends into the environment.

A 29-year-old woman builds a 2,000-square-foot dream home with three bedrooms and three bathrooms out of mud and completely off the grid in Arizona.

Self-taught homebuilder Jacob Hamby constructs miniature cabins all over the US, surviving on the land while building his clients new homes.

A couple builds a high-tech mountain base camp overlooking the Montana backcountry. In such a remote location they will be pushed to the edge and beyond.

A couple in New Mexico plan to construct a self-sufficient structure, but with blowing dirt and variable temperatures they may have underestimated the desert.

A creative family builds a custom home where the mountains and desert collide in Colorado's last frontier. The dream project quickly turns into a hard job.

Joey Caiafa takes on a dream project of building a cabin in Colorado. With the help of his friends, he builds a cabin suited for the ultimate outdoorsman.

A Colorado couple builds one of the most energy-efficient homesteads in the state. Mother Nature and original technologies give them a run for their money.

New York newlyweds escape the city to build their first home in the Hudson Valley. They plan to craft a tiny house using timber from their own property.

Jason is building a spacious, solar-powered cabin, turning dreams into reality for his family. The cabin is made from trees harvested from their own woods.

Innovative designer and builder Graham Hill transforms a steep Maui jungle plot into a hi-tech dream home with moving walls and other space-maximizing features.