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- Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing Tue, 14 May 19, 6:24amHow founders are taking on housing costs worldwide.
- BIG completes low-income Homes for All project in Copenhagen Tue, 23 Oct 18, 7:00amBeautiful yet affordable design-led apartments have been quickly completed in the northwest part of Copenhagen thanks to the power of prefabrication. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group as part of the non-profit affordable housing...
- Sleep hundreds of feet in the air in this renovated air traffic control tower Fri, 14 Jul 17, 9:12pmAn old fight control tower in Stockholm's Arlanda Airport has been transformed into a unique luxury apartment that offers panoramic views of planes taking off and landing - and you can spend the night there...
- The Dutch Windwheel is not only a silent wind turbine – it’s also an incredible circular apartment building Tue, 17 Feb 15, 4:32amDesigned for the port city of Rotterdam, the Dutch Windwheel is a sustainable landmark that houses 72 apartments within a circular steel and glass frame that also serves as a silent, motionless wind turbine...
- A Tiny Timber Box in a Tiny Urban Flat Makes Room for a Couple’s First Child Sat, 27 Sep 14, 1:50amThe couple had a strong aesthetic idea when they first approached Cousins. Their ideas ranged from Atelier Bow Wow’s Mountain House to other unconventional small spaces by Japanese architects. This encouraged the architects...
- The World’s Most Expensive Apartment Costs a Staggering $400 Million Fri, 5 Sep 14, 2:00amSlated for completion in September 2015, the 35,500-square-foot quintuplex "Sky Penthouse" will tower over Monaco's skyline at a height of nearly 600 feet...
- The World’s Most Expensive Apartment Costs $400 Million Fri, 5 Sep 14, 2:00amSlated for completion in September 2015, the 35,500-square-foot quintuplex "Sky Penthouse" will tower over Monaco's skyline at a height of nearly 600 feet...
- Take a Look Inside the World’s Most Expensive Apartment in Monaco Thu, 4 Sep 14, 11:00pmSlated for completion in September 2015, the 35,500-square-foot quintuplex "Sky Penthouse" will tower over Monaco's skyline at a height of nearly 600 feet...
- Nesting Block Birdhouses for Trendy Tree Sparrows Tue, 8 Jul 14, 5:30amThe design wunderkids over at Zupagrafika have worked their architectural magic yet again, this time creating small buildings that any hipster nuthatch would be happy to call home. The Hispano-Polish design collective transformed...
- Swedish Studio Wingårdhs Unveils Prefab, Scented Apartment Block Made Entirely from Wood Sat, 5 Jul 14, 2:48amErected for property developer Folkhem, the Strandparken tower shelters 31 apartments among its 8 floors. It was designed to explore the potential of multi-occupancy housing while offering inhabitants a reasonably priced,...
- Eco-Friendly Tribeca Loft Marries Old World Charm with Modern Finishes Fri, 30 May 14, 4:30amWe're sure this dreamy Tribeca loft broke a lot of hearts when it was recently sold to some very lucky new owners. Featuring ample windows and eco-friendly finishes, the historic Pre-WW II apartment creates a cozy new home...
- Massive Multi-Family Apartment Complex Solar Installation Completed in California Sat, 24 May 14, 1:21amOne of the largest multi-family apartment complex solar thermal and solar photovoltaic projects of the decade was just completed in California. Los Angeles-based solar company ReGreen retrofitted 34 apartment complexes across...
- Apartment No. 1 is Built Completely Out of Recycled Stone in Mahallat, Iran Mon, 6 May 13, 3:00pmThe region around Mahallat has considerable travertine deposits, which is mined and cut into tile in factories. However the process of cutting tile is incredibly energy intensive, and the production of one tile wastes a tile's...
- UK Plans to Retrofit Shipping Containers from Amsterdam Into Housing to Help Fight Homelessness Sat, 1 Dec 12, 6:07amShipping container photo from Shutterstock Shipping containers offer a surprisingly versatile foundation for small-scale, sturdy homes – they’re readily available, relatively inexpensive, and easy to retrofit...
- UpLIFT Transforms Elevated Parking Spaces into a Hive of Prefabricated Tiny Homes! Tue, 25 Sep 12, 4:20amNew York City is undergoing a cultural shift away from the automobile, and designers Lawrence Zeroth, Jack Phillips, Brian Schulman and Eugene Lubomir have come up with a clever proposal to transform car lifts into housing...