Housing is a basic need of human being since the beginning of mankind. Now a days building a house has become a more polluting and wasteful activity and causes many direct and indirect impacts to the environment. Common building practices give importance to form and image and trying to make big monuments with high spatial qualities, wasting energy and having a little or no relation with the tradition and culture of the community in which it has been built. In contrast, frugal architecture always design spaces by means of minimal and effective use of resources to meet the needs of the user or community, which is intended to serve. Three basic factors of frugality are reducing, reusing and recycling. Three basic factors of frugality are reducing, Uncontrolled exploitation of natural resources and resulting pollution, introduced a new trend of using products made out of recycled, reusable and eco- compatible materials. In a 1. Introduction country like India many people are poor and can’t afford a quality housing. Here, the principles of frugal architecture become more relevant. The buildings and spaces designed with frugal approach, are technologically advanced and economically accessible to even poor people as well. Nnnnnn frugal approach, are technologically advanced This report covers various aspects of frugal architecture through Ar. Laurie Baker method of construction, which holds the principles of frugality. I have done my research with the help of “COSTFORD” (Centre of Science and Technology For Rural Development) Thrissur, Kerala, an organization cofounded by Laurie baker and doing lot of construction activities across various parts of Kerala. The research part included various sites visits of building construction at different stages, and the details have been documented with the help of images.