Thoreauvian simple living: unelectrified, timeless tiny home. House of 3 tents: affordable cabin home in California. This Impeccably Designed $20,000 House Could Soon Be Yours. Ask anyone at Auburn University's Rural Studio about what makes the architecture program's housing designs unique, and someone will proudly tell you about the refrigerator. "We can spend four days discussing where a refrigerator goes," explains Rural Studio's 20K House product line manager Marion McElroy.
That's because, unlike other design firms, Rural Studio students have been perfecting a series of radically affordable, well-designed 550-square-foot houses for nearly a decade--and they've been building them exclusively for residents of impoverished Black Belt Alabama. Now, in the program's 20th year, Rural Studio is looking to finally put its $20,000 house out on the larger market. If you've heard the term "social justice architecture" before, it's probably owed to the work of Sam "Sambo" Mockbee, who founded Rural Studio in 1993. "We also wanted to get serious," he adds.
But that's where the 20K house gets tricky. Delightful One-Room Scandinavian Crib With Plenty of Living Space. Browse through the photos below and you will discover a welcoming apartment, filled with inspiring design ideas, personality and space. Each of the 44 square meters in this beautiful Scandinavian crib was optimized, resulting in a home that simply dazzles. Discovered by Freshome on Alvhem, the abode consists of a single open plan interior, with high ceilings and a few charming details preserving the character of a turn of the century building in Gothenburg, Sweden. The apartment is partially divided in two by an interrupted wall, that is part brick, part hidden storage space. This element visually separates the hallway and kitchen from the social zone and mezzanine. Two generously-sized windows allow a high amount of natural light inside, adding even more warmth.
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