background preloader

Alternative Housing

Facebook Twitter

Bomb Shelters - Reviews of Bomb Fallout Shelters. The bomb shelter business is booming.

Bomb Shelters - Reviews of Bomb Fallout Shelters

At least that's the consensus of the men and women who design, construct and install underground sanctuaries. They attribute the growth in business to Kim Jong Il's erratic missile lobbing, the intransigent Iranian clerics hell-bent on getting nuclear weaponry, the impending total collapse of the global financial system, and the end of the world in 2012, as predicted by the Mayan Calendar. "For whatever reason—and we're not totally sure ourselves—but business is incredible," Brian V.

Slabtown Customs new tiny house cabin The Gwenny Kay. Tour of Anne's Cabin. AWESOME CAMPER! Molecule Tiny Homes: House Tour (w/added footage) 12x26 Fully Loaded Portable Cabin. Home - Simple Solar Homesteading. Sheds and Portable Buildings for Sale in Kansas City. Main Navigation Sheds and Portable Buildings for Sale in Kansas City Click a Shed or Portable Building for available sizes and pricing.

Sheds and Portable Buildings for Sale in Kansas City

Sheds and Portable buildings delivered... it's THAT easy! We offer many designs, each in various sizes, and something for nearly every budget. If you need a portable building for your job site, your property, a temporary office, or for any other reason, call KC Homestead today, or simply fill out the contact form, and one of our consultants will fit you with the perfect unit for your specific needs. KC Homestead offers used rent to own mobile homes as well as high quality sheds and portable buildings.About us | Privacy Policy KC Homestead, LLC 11540 Kaw Drive Bonner Springs Kansas, 66111 (Get Map) Call us.

Totally Amazing Technology for small house.mp4. My Little House Tour. INTERSHELTER DOMES. April 9, 2014 Some of the many uses for our Survival Domes...

INTERSHELTER DOMES

Hurricane & Storm Shelters - Emergency Housing - Military - Relief - Quarantine - Dome-atories - Worker Housing Construction Site Office - New Development Sales Center - Workshop - Campgrounds - Parks & Recreation Centers - Safe Room House Expansion Backyard Cabana - Hunting / Fishing Cabins - Garden Houses - Spa Covers - Homeless Community - Guest House & More! Our 20' dome located on the top of Mount Valdez for over 10 years is subject to winds in excess of 225 MPH each year and remains in great condition as well as the millions of dollars of the telecom and computer equipment inside.

(Hurricane CAT 5 Winds = 155 MPH. Highest hurricane winds ever recorded 210 MPH). There are numerous uses for our domes and we ship world-wide. Request for More Information. Concrete Canvas Shelters '09. GreenHouse System Earth - Sheltered Housing. Zigloo Domestique Shipping Container House is Up for Sale in Canada! Built out of 8 shipping containers, Zigloo Domestique is a 3 story, 3 bedroom, 2 bath house in the suburbs of Victoria, Canada.

Zigloo Domestique Shipping Container House is Up for Sale in Canada!

The basement contains a large open rec room (which could be converted into 2 bedrooms), a bathroom, and a laundry room. The ground floor includes an open floor plan kitchen and dining area, and the upstairs contains the master suite, another bathroom, and a bedroom. Designed for energy efficiency and sustainability, the home makes use of recycled shipping containers, soy-based spray foam insulation, a hot water on demand in-floor heating system, a green roof, and numerous recycled materials. Numerous decks expand the home’s living space into the outdoors, and passive natural ventilation is used for cooling in the warmer summer months. The house is now up for sale with an asking price of $728,000. + Zigloo Domestique Images ©Zigloo Domestique. Shipping Container Homes, Container Home Design, Container Architecture Ideas and More.

Earthbag Building: Uganda Ecovillage. During August and September, 2008, Sunny Tsai volunteered to assist a team of two architects and eight professors, under the direction of Akio Inoue of Tenri University, Japan, to construct an ecovillage by Lake Victoria, Uganda, East Africa.

Earthbag Building: Uganda Ecovillage

The East African Community is an organization formed by citizens of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, the five countries surrounding Lake Victoria. This ecovillage was designed to alleviate poverty and demonstrate sustainable building with earthbags. There are more than three million poor people living along the coastline. These domes provide good protection from bullets, fire, wind, and rain.much better than the conventional thatched shelters or tents. This project won the support of the East African Community, and the plan was summarized in the above pamphlet.

Akio Inoue, the project director is shown above with some of the local people. Architect Kikuma Watanabe's floor plan and sectional drawing of one of the units. Up to 20 courses. Earthbag Building: La Casa Vergara. This residence was designed by José Andrés Vallejo and built in Bogotá, Colombia in just 5 months, early in 2011.

Earthbag Building: La Casa Vergara

Architecture in Balance is a design platform that specializes in sustainable architectural solutions. Architecture in Balance implements alternative technologies, construction of low environmental impact, integrating contemporary design to create innovative projects and balanced environments.