Tag: floor plan
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Narrow Yet Spacious Home
With urban building space growing scarcer and scarcer it’s nice to see some modern solutions to the problem. The Japanese architecture firm YUAA Architects recently designed the so-called 1.8 M House, which fits on a lot that’s just 8′-4″ (2.5 meters) wide and 36′-1″ (11 meters) deep. This yields an interior space of 6 feet…
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Rebuilding Efforts in Nepal to Employ Repurposed Brick Rubble
Earlier this year, the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban announced he intends to participate in the efforts to rebuild following the devastating earthquake in Nepal. He also plans to use the brick and other rubble in these rebuilding efforts, which will kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. New housing will be provided faster,…
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Sustainer Homes Made of Shipping Containers
The company Sustainer Homes recently unveiled a shipping container home that can also be taken completely off-the-grid. According to the company, the main reason for constructing these homes was offering the younger generation a flexible and rent-free living option, which is becoming a must for many. The homes are also mobile and facilitate low-impact living.…
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Sustainable Modular Prefab Home
Ecoliv is an Australian modular builder, which makes truly sustainable homes from the ground up. Modular homes are supposed to be greener and more eco-friendly than traditionally built ones, but Ecoliv goes one step further in making homes that really go the distance when it comes to sustainability, and which will appeal to wide audience.…
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Unique Tiny Home
More and more people are downsizing to a tiny home, and it is nice to see the designs of such homes becoming more unique as well. The Toybox Tiny Home was designed and built by Frank Henderson and Paul Schultz and its exterior and interior design really place it apart from other tiny homes out…