When most people imagine their dream home, they probably think of a large, sprawling vacation house that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. When Steve Areen thought about building his dream home, all he had to do was find $9,000 and a place to build. He did just that and, in a few weeks, he had a vacation home in the middle of Thailand that could make anyone drool.
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EVOLVER is an experimental dynamic spatial viewing experience designed and built by architecture 2nd year students ALICE studio, EPFL A continuous opening follows and turns around a 720 degrees circulation, offering the user a evolving perception of the usual Zermatt area. Imagine being able to own a brand-new home for $25,000. A Vancouver man hopes to revolutionize homeownership and small space living with his easy-to-assemble micro homes. Nomad Micro Homes and its President Ian Kent are raising funds on the crowd-funding website indiegogo to make affordable micro homes a reality. The Organic Architect: Promoting both an organic and individual approach to design, architect, author & educator Eric Corey Freed sculpts innovative buildings that embody ecological & social responsibility. "I quickly grew tired of waiting for clients to ask for a green building, or asking their permission to do what I felt was already the right thing. Instead we just force it on all of our clients equally." Eric Corey Freed Lehm – Ton – Erde. Loam - Clay – Earth. These three words has been significant for the work of Austrian Architect Martin Rauch for over 30 years. Loam stands for handcraft and technology, Clay for artistic design, Earth for the sustainability of earth construction. His work is amazing and absolutely inspiring. The off grid house
9 day Work shop in Freehold upstate New York July 13 – 21, 2013 Earth bag / straw bale building with reciprocal roof: 9 day work shop in upstate New York August 3 - 11, 2013 Clay Plaster Workshop 4 day workshop upstate New York August 15 – 18, 2013 Small apartments are a great challenge and a great opportunity for architects and designers, and the space restrictions really offer the possibility for creative and smart solutions, which also look fabulous. Here some of my favorite projects and ideas: - Life Edited shows we can live large in small spaces. - East Village Studio Apartment, 500 sf - Resource Furniture, this is a NY furniture company completely dedicated to creative solutions for small apartments, very inspiring! - Apartment Therapy has a section dedicated to tiny apartments - ... and of course Container apartments! Take a look at the Earthships, an amazing construction system that Michal Reynolds envisioned and developed for the last 20 years, and now it found one of its best applications in disaster zones, see Haiti below. Here are the design priciples: Electricity: from sun and wind. Water: from rain and snow. Sewage: sanitary treatment. Heating & Cooling: from sun and earth. Food: grow inside and outside. Building with Natural and Recyled Materials |