Tag: residential

  • Handy and Modern All-In-One Piece of Furniture

    Wouldn’t it be nice if all it took to furnish a room was one piece of furniture? Well, that dream has now come true. Heri&Salli, an architecture firm from Austria have just unveiled the so-called Viennese Guest Bed, which is the only piece of furniture one needs to fully furnish a guest room. The Viennese…

  • Awesome Guesthouse Conversion

    Times are hard and they’re not getting better very fast, so a lot of people are forced to find alternate ways of making money. One way is certainly renting out your home or a portion of it, and one of the more creative ways of doing this is certainly this conversion of a laundry boiler…

  • Tiny Prefab House That is Suitable for Cold Climates

    Leaf House, designed by Laird Herbert of Canada, is now at Version 3 and according to the designers, it is suitable for living it at -58 °F (-50 °C). The new version is also lighter and larger, but weighs less than the original model. It is perfect for anyone considering a tiny home that they…

  • Shipping Container Homes to Solve Housing Problems in Hawaii

    The Faith Action for Community Equity (FACE) has turned a shipping container into a home for a family of five. The shipping container is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and cost about $11,000 to construct. The home was built out of a standard sized 20-foot-by-8-foot shipping container. Nothing on the outside of this 800 square-foot dwelling…

  • New Mexico Home Power Solely by Solar Energy

    Design firm Needbased has recently completed a home in New Mexico, which has achieved both the Passive House Certification as well as meet the highest National Association of House Builders (NAHB) green building standard. Taoshouse, as the home is called, is therefore one of a very US homes few to obtain the certification given out…