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. IRREGULAR SHELTER. Mental_floss Blog & Treehouses for All Occasions. There's something about a treehouse that appeals to all of us.
Maybe it's the view, or getting close to nature, or reliving childhood memories. Sleepbox 01 by Arch Group. Russian architects Arch Group have completed the first of their tiny hotel rooms for napping at airports.
The Sleepbox unit at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport contains two beds and can be rented for between 30 minutes and several hours. The pod is equipped with LED reading lamps as well as sockets for charging laptops and mobile phones. This booth is constructed from ash-veneered MDF, although future units could instead be made from metal or glass-reinforced plastic. The Sleepbox concept was the most popular story on Dezeen back in November 2009 and received over 100 comments - see our earlier story here. Tiny House on a Trailer with Two Lofts and Big Porch. This tiny house on a trailer is completely unique.
The house is 24′ long and 8′ wide. The tallest point on it is 13’5″. Yurt Lady. After working exhaustively with the building department, plans were approved and I started to get to work. Actually, I started spending gross amounts of money to have other people start work. Although I was the official general contractor, I worked very closely with my framer who helped me understand the steps along the way and I took care of all the babysitting/haranguing of subcontractors. Yurt Lady. On September 6, 2010 She has been living in a yurt for about 3 years.
At 9,300 feet in rural Colorado. Lloyd’s Blog. Meditation Retreat Gypsy Wagon. Tim Kasten wrote to me recently about his Meditation Retreat Gypsy Wagon, so I asked him to send me some pictures and tell us his story.
I’ll let Tim take over from here: I dreamed for a number of years of building a gypsy-style caravan on a 4-wheel 14-foot-long wagon chassis that I bought from Shiloh Wagon Works in Minnesota. Health problems eventually forced me to concede that I wasn’t strong enough to build it alone and that I would have to scale back the design considerably if I wanted to be able to tow it with a small car and maneuver it by myself. The result was this little wagon built on a 4×8 utility trailer from Tractor Supply. The cube projectThe Cube Project – University of Hertfordshire. Shed Space. ArtBloc.net. Lego-style apartment transforms into infinite spaces. House of Tomorrow Today. Www.ensamble.info.
HHD. Tiny House Blog - Living Simply in Small Spaces. Humble Designs. Utopia 6. Floor assembly and progress laundry utopia done for the day pulping for hybridobe more.... pulped paper waste from the Bemis nice. adding local clay and straw test bricks another fine solar cooked meal.
Stovesite. StoveLab is a collaborative experiment with foundation students at the Massachusetts College of Art exploring the potentials of high-efficiency stoves and the production of biomass fuels.
This two-week project provided a unique and often chaotic approach to the concept of art and cultural production, our potential response to extended emergency situations, and the ecological use of sustainable fuels. The goal for StoveLab was to collaboratively design, produce, and test a variety of handmade stoves. Using limited materials, resources, time, and tools; this group of mainly freshmen students researched and produced a variety of stoves, but mainly focused on the ‘rocket stove.’ Developed by Dr. Warren Buffet.... the 2nd richest man. Shedworking. Tumbleweed Houses. U7K55. Exploring not-so-big living. Containerbay. There is growing interest in the use of shipping containers as the basis for habitable structures.
These "icons of globalization" are relatively inexpensive, structurally sound and in abundant supply. Although, in raw form, containers are dark windowless boxes (which might place them at odds with some of the tenets of modernist design...) they can be highly customizable modular elements of a larger structure. The projects below are sorted alphabetically (by company or designer's name). In addition to the container-based projects listed below we offer links to useful web sites and relevant books. Selected projects utilizing shipping containers. Boat House or House Boat? Futuristic Home on the Water.
Most houseboats seem to be designed with one of two primary purposes in mind: they are either constructed as accommodations for semi-permanent living (more house than boat) or they are made to be mobile (more boat than house).
This unique but yet unbuilt idea balances both sides, possibly better than anything else built to date. The outer spiraling shell structure provides stability and mobility, guarding and moving the home within. The form, spatial layouts and spacious accommodations all suggest a home on the water at the center of this design – a box-like structure with amble amenities to be quite comfortably livable. Woodie Gallery: Woodie Motorhomes & Campers - Old Woodies. Gallery Woodie Motorhomes, House Cars & Campers Once the car was a familiar sight on the American roads, it did not take long for someone to create a motorhome.
Shedworking. GYPSY CARAVAN TRADITIONAL WAGON FOR SALE ONLINE OFFERS BIDS. Gypsies have been traveling the roads of Britain for hundreds of years, but now only one in 10 Romany's spend their lives on the move. At an early age (9) many boys work with their fathers, collecting scrap and doing odd jobs. Marriage comes earlier too at 14, by which time the family may have relocated more times than they can remember. Children are born in the Gypsy wagons, and this childhood is not unusual for a Romany traveler. FOR SALE: Traditional Gypsy Caravan - pull out center extended.
A DO IT YOURSELF (DIY) REFERENCE AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICE FOR CONVERTING RECYCLED INTERMODAL CARGO SHIPPING CONTAINERS INTO BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTURE. INCLUDES BUILT PROJECT EXAMPLES, DETAILS, PLANS, MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES, VIDEOS, AND MORE… Camper Kart : KEVIN CYR. Chinese Student Lives In Tiny Green Egg House. Images credit Zhao Kang. Shedblog.co.uk - We love Sheds :The Official Shed blog of readersheds and National Shed Week 5th July 2010 sponsored by Cuprinol Sprayable.
Container Housing Companies. Bauwagengalerie Nummer 1 - Wagendorf. 20 Creatively Hacked Urban Garden Shed Offices Living Van & Vintage Shows. My Living Van Living vans are like caravans, but usually more heavily built to withstand commercial use.