Tag: Modern design
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Tiny House Inspired by Japanese Minimalism
Architect Todd Miller of Oregon Cottage Company recently designed this awesome Japanese architecture inspired tiny home. The client it was built for had grown up in Japan and wanted a home that resembled a traditional Japanese tearoom. The home measures 134 square feet, and instead of sofas or benches, all sitting areas are provided by…
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Newark Soon to Get Shipping Container Apartment Complex
The Newark, NJ-based Cor-10 Concepts LLC and the nonprofit organization Community Asset Preservation Corp. have partnered up to construct a three-unit apartment complex in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Newark ,which will be made out of recycled shipping containers. The project is aimed towards providing low cost housing in the area, which has still not…
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Cozy Small Floating Home
Floating homes require an ingenious design and some adaptation to not living on solid ground. This little floating home, located in Oregon’s Willamette River houseboat community, is a great example of just how functional and cozy a floating home can be. It was designed by Studio Hamlet Architects of Washington, and serves as a temporary…
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Super Sustainable LivingHomes Prefabs Taking Over California
The company LivingHomes has launched their first sustainable, LEED platinum prefab home back in 2013. They have also partnered with the non-profit Make It Right organization and architect William McDonough with whom they have created the so-called C6 home, which is an affordable LEED Platinum certified home, which also meets the US Environmental Protection Agency’s…
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Home That Blends Into Its Environment
The architecture studio Reform from Poland is planning to build a very unique home in the woods. They’re calling the project Izabelin House, and a large portion of its exterior façade will be covered by mirrors, which sort of makes it look as though the upper floor of the home is just floating in midair…