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- London Eye capsule transformed into rainforest-inspired tiny home Thu, 1 Jun 17, 9:26pmA collaboration between TripAdvisor Rentals and Wayfair has just taken pop-up housing to new heights. The team turned a London Eye Ferris Wheel capsule into a stunning rainforest-inspired tiny apartment. The chic urban capsule...
- Vietnam's "Forest in the Sky" apartment building is topped with 50,000 trees Thu, 27 Apr 17, 9:01pmThis lush residential complex in Hanoi takes green living to the extreme. More than 50,000 trees, shrubs and colorful flowering vines were used to cover the Forest in the Sky building, virtually camouflaging it into the surrounding...
- Blu Homes launches 16 new prefab home designs, including new tiny homes Fri, 15 Apr 16, 8:00amInhabitat has been covering Blu Homes ever since it was a newcomer on the prefab scene in 2008. We’ve watched their designs develop and evolve, as they moved operations from the East Coast to the West coast, acquiring modular...
- Blu Homes launches 16 new affordable prefab home designs, including new tiny homes Wed, 13 Apr 16, 7:27pmInhabitat has been covering Blu Homes ever since it was a newcomer on the prefab scene in 2008. We’ve watched their designs develop and evolve, as they moved operations from the East Coast to the West coast, acquiring modular...
- Self-sufficient Platypus Bend House was built to float above torrential flooding Fri, 4 Mar 16, 5:00pmDuring the occasional tropical downpours that strike the area, the lot that this house sits on can flood in a major way. So the home was built raised above the ground, with rainwater collection tanks placed in the space underneath...
- Meditative wraparound home in Thailand boasts a natural wastewater treatment system Wed, 27 Jan 16, 6:30amSOOK Architects was tasked with the job of creating a sustainable holiday home for an extended family that could one day be converted into a permanent residence...
- Watch this passive PopUp House snap together like LEGOs Fri, 15 Jan 16, 5:00amThe entire PopUp House is completely recyclable, made with high-quality wooden boards and EPS (expanded polystyrene) insulation. Massive screws hold the wooden boards and 30cm thick insulation panels. Compatible with Passivhaus...
- German architect Werner Sobek wants to create an emissions-free city in five years Mon, 12 Oct 15, 9:00pmImagine an emissions-free electric city, in which homes generate more than enough power for their needs and are built to share their excess with neighbours, cars, and the surrounding grid...
- Floating Blue 21 ecosystem offers a sustainable alternative to consumptive societies Tue, 15 Sep 15, 3:00pmAlthough we've seen a number of cool floating city designs, Blue 21 is looking to stand out among its buoyant counterparts by claiming to save the world's ills...
- A sculptural timber roof turns a crumbling holiday home into a green forest getaway Thu, 16 Jul 15, 5:30amTransformation Forest House On top of an existing 1950s holiday home, hidden in the forest, a sculptural, compact and sustainable rooftop extension climbs out of the original structure and seeks it’s way towards the great...
- Net-zero Happy Meadow Courtyard House is a perfectly passive residence in North Carolina Sat, 27 Jun 15, 5:55amHappy Meadows Courtyard House is a modern, age-in-place, net zero passive house designed by Chapel Hill, NC, architect Arielle Condoret Schechter. Constructed primarily of 5500 psi concrete, the 2300-square-foot one-story...
- Tesla’s new $3,500 10kWh Powerwall home battery lets you ditch the grid Sat, 2 May 15, 7:17amTesla's hotly anticipated home battery is now on the market. Late last evening, Tesla CEO Elon Musk kept his promise for a hotly anticipated announcement about the company's next product line. Musk admitted last week that...
- Tesla’s new $3500 10kWh Powerwall home battery lets you ditch the grid Sat, 2 May 15, 12:17amTesla's hotly anticipated home battery is now on the market. Late last evening, Tesla CEO Elon Musk kept his promise for a hotly anticipated announcement about the company's next product line. Musk admitted last week that...
- EcoCasa Suyana is an sustainable, open-source home project in Argentina Tue, 28 Apr 15, 5:34amFirst ecological, economical and social home 100% open source in Argentina. Suyana means “hope” in Quechua language. EcoCasa Suyana is a project lead by a young couple of engineers and travelers. Noa is French and Venezuelan,...
- House 3 is a green-roofed modern home in Toronto that seems to glow from inside Thu, 9 Apr 15, 4:30amThe house is located in the West Queen West neighborhood of Toronto-a two-kilometer strip that runs along Queen West between Bathurst St and Gladstone Avenue which has reinvented itself since the 1990s as the city’s art...