diff --git a/assets/voxygen/lod/house.obj b/assets/voxygen/lod/house.obj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08fa1d7126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/voxygen/lod/house.obj
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:09998d9d613ff3685914167bd09b93c7e6258d280f6f2b76bd0fdc548a416693
+size 1101
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/lod-object-vert.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/lod-object-vert.glsl
index d5880ecae7..fe5027f55d 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/lod-object-vert.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/lod-object-vert.glsl
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ layout(location = 0) in vec3 v_pos;
 layout(location = 1) in vec3 v_norm;
 layout(location = 2) in vec3 v_col;
 layout(location = 3) in vec3 inst_pos;
-layout(location = 4) in uint inst_flags;
+layout(location = 4) in uvec3 inst_col;
+layout(location = 5) in uint inst_flags;
 
 const uint FLAG_SNOW_COVERED = 1;
 
@@ -47,9 +48,8 @@ void main() {
         f_pos.z -= pow(distance(f_pos.xy + focus_off.xy, focus_pos.xy + focus_off.xy) * 0.05, 2);
     #endif
 
-    // Hacky, very bad, 50 is ~ tree height
-    f_norm = v_norm;//mix(v_norm, vec3(0, 0, 1), clamp(model_pos.z / 50, 0, 1));
-    f_col = vec4(vec3(0.02, 0.1, 0.01) * (sin(inst_pos.xyy) * 0.33 + 0.66), 1.0);//vec4(v_col, 1.0);
+    f_norm = v_norm;
+    f_col = vec4(vec3(inst_col) * (1.0 / 255.0) * v_col * (sin(inst_pos.xyy) * 0.33 + 0.66), 1.0);
 
     if ((inst_flags & FLAG_SNOW_COVERED) > 0u) {
         snow_cover = 1.0;
diff --git a/common/src/lod.rs b/common/src/lod.rs
index 123ff87277..e778327351 100644
--- a/common/src/lod.rs
+++ b/common/src/lod.rs
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ bitflags::bitflags! {
 pub enum ObjectKind {
     Oak,
     Pine,
+    House,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Object {
     pub kind: ObjectKind,
-    pub pos: Vec3<u16>,
+    pub pos: Vec3<i16>,
     pub flags: Flags,
 }
 
diff --git a/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/lod_object.rs b/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/lod_object.rs
index fabcad7d18..8e86d9aef9 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/lod_object.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/lod_object.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub struct Vertex {
 }
 
 impl Vertex {
-    pub fn new(pos: Vec3<f32>, norm: Vec3<f32>, col: Vec3<f32>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(pos: Vec3<f32>, norm: Vec3<f32>, col: Rgb<f32>) -> Self {
         Self {
             pos: pos.into_array(),
             norm: norm.into_array(),
@@ -40,21 +40,24 @@ impl VertexTrait for Vertex {
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Zeroable, Pod)]
 pub struct Instance {
     inst_pos: [f32; 3],
+    inst_col: [u8; 4],
     flags: u32,
 }
 
 impl Instance {
-    pub fn new(inst_pos: Vec3<f32>, flags: common::lod::Flags) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(inst_pos: Vec3<f32>, col: Rgb<u8>, flags: common::lod::Flags) -> Self {
         Self {
             inst_pos: inst_pos.into_array(),
+            inst_col: Rgba::new(col.r, col.g, col.b, 255).into_array(),
             flags: flags.bits() as u32,
         }
     }
 
     fn desc<'a>() -> wgpu::VertexBufferLayout<'a> {
-        const ATTRIBUTES: [wgpu::VertexAttribute; 2] = wgpu::vertex_attr_array![
+        const ATTRIBUTES: [wgpu::VertexAttribute; 3] = wgpu::vertex_attr_array![
             3 => Float32x3,
-            4 => Uint32,
+            4 => Uint8x4,
+            5 => Uint32,
         ];
         wgpu::VertexBufferLayout {
             array_stride: mem::size_of::<Self>() as wgpu::BufferAddress,
diff --git a/voxygen/src/scene/lod.rs b/voxygen/src/scene/lod.rs
index 34c5e89635..3da3ec4818 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/scene/lod.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/scene/lod.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ impl Lod {
             object_data: [
                 (lod::ObjectKind::Oak, make_lod_object("oak", renderer)),
                 (lod::ObjectKind::Pine, make_lod_object("pine", renderer)),
+                (lod::ObjectKind::House, make_lod_object("house", renderer)),
             ]
             .into_iter()
             .collect(),
@@ -113,10 +114,16 @@ impl Lod {
                             z_range.start.min(pos.z as i32)..z_range.end.max(pos.z as i32)
                         },
                     ));
+                    // TODO: Put this somewhere more easily configurable, like a manifest
+                    let color = match object.kind {
+                        lod::ObjectKind::Pine => Rgb::new(0, 25, 12),
+                        lod::ObjectKind::Oak => Rgb::new(13, 50, 5),
+                        lod::ObjectKind::House => Rgb::new(20, 15, 0),
+                    };
                     objects
                         .entry(object.kind)
                         .or_default()
-                        .push(LodObjectInstance::new(pos, object.flags));
+                        .push(LodObjectInstance::new(pos, color, object.flags));
                 }
                 objects
                     .into_iter()
@@ -226,7 +233,7 @@ fn make_lod_object(name: &str, renderer: &mut Renderer) -> Model<LodObjectVertex
                 LodObjectVertex::new(
                     v.position().into(),
                     v.normal().unwrap_or([0.0, 0.0, 1.0]).into(),
-                    Vec3::broadcast(1.0),
+                    Rgb::broadcast(1.0),
                     //v.color().unwrap_or([1.0; 3]).into(),
                 )
             });
diff --git a/world/src/lib.rs b/world/src/lib.rs
index d91848059a..05d1d2fdaa 100644
--- a/world/src/lib.rs
+++ b/world/src/lib.rs
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ impl World {
 
         let mut objects = Vec::new();
 
+        // Add trees
         objects.append(
             &mut self
                 .sim()
@@ -497,8 +498,8 @@ impl World {
                             if rpos.is_any_negative() {
                                 return None;
                             } else {
-                                rpos.map(|e| e as u16).with_z(
-                                    self.sim().get_alt_approx(tree.pos).unwrap_or(0.0) as u16,
+                                rpos.map(|e| e as i16).with_z(
+                                    self.sim().get_alt_approx(tree.pos).unwrap_or(0.0) as i16,
                                 )
                             }
                         },
@@ -513,6 +514,35 @@ impl World {
                 .collect(),
         );
 
+        // Add buildings
+        objects.extend(
+            index
+                .sites
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|(_, site)| {
+                    site.get_origin()
+                        .map2(min_wpos.zip(max_wpos), |e, (min, max)| e >= min && e < max)
+                        .reduce_and()
+                })
+                .filter_map(|(_, site)| match &site.kind {
+                    SiteKind::Refactor(site) => {
+                        Some(site.plots().filter_map(|plot| match &plot.kind {
+                            site2::plot::PlotKind::House(_) => Some(site.tile_wpos(plot.root_tile)),
+                            _ => None,
+                        }))
+                    },
+                    _ => None,
+                })
+                .flatten()
+                .map(|wpos2d| lod::Object {
+                    kind: lod::ObjectKind::House,
+                    pos: (wpos2d - min_wpos)
+                        .map(|e| e as i16)
+                        .with_z(self.sim().get_alt_approx(wpos2d).unwrap_or(0.0) as i16),
+                    flags: lod::Flags::empty(),
+                }),
+        );
+
         lod::Zone { objects }
     }
 }