Tag: water efficiency
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A Wonderful Prefab Tiny Home
There are many ways you can obtain a tiny home if you are looking to downsize. You can either commission a firm for a custom-built one, purchase an already constructed one, or build it yourself, whether from scratch or inside a repurposed shipping container, for example. There have been some awesome school bus and van…
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Large but Towable Tiny Home
The tiny home maker Alpine Tiny Homes of Utah has just unveiled yet another new tiny home model. The so-called English Rose is a single floor tiny home, which is quite large and therefore spacious, but still towable. The English Rose measures 38 by 10 ft. (11.5 by 3 m) and has the total interior…
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Sun-Speckled Off Grid Cabin
The Olive Tree House is a tiny summer cabin that was designed by Greek architect Eva Sopéoglou. It is located in Halkidiki, Greece and operates completely off the grid. As an interesting an unique design feature, it is also clad in metal, which is perforated with decorative shapes that cover the interior walls with dappled…
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Tiny House that Overlooks a Volcano
How would you like to wake up with the view of an active volcano out your bedroom window? Residents of the so-called Phoenix House in Hawaii can. The home was designed by the firm ArtisTree and can operate off the grid. It’s also available for rent. Phoenix House is located on a lava field Kalapana,…
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China Soon to Get a Forest City
The mountainous Liuzhou region in Southern China will soon be home to a whole city of vertical forest towers, which were originally the brainchild of Italian architect Stefano Boeri. This so-called Forest City will no doubt offset some of the alarming air pollution the country is facing. The city will create homes for 30,000 people…