Cork-clad home uses thermal wall & circular vents as free A/C

Cork-clad home uses thermal wall & circular vents as free A/C

When Nancy and her husband found a lot at the edge of Catalonia’s Garraf forest, they wanted a home that would fit the environment so they wrapped their home in cork insulation and installed a “natural” swimming pool that uses…

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He was a bike nomad. Now revamps derelict Alpine farmstead

He was a bike nomad. Now revamps derelict Alpine farmstead

After spending years cycling around the world, Martijn Doolaard was ready for a more permanent home and he wanted something with a view. Remembering the rough beauty of the peaks of Val Pellice from a bike trip, Doolaard discovered dozens…

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Didn't use garage, turned it into his parents' modern home

Didn’t use garage, turned it into his parents’ modern home

To convert a garage into a home, Ramiro Losada-Amor left the structure untouched and dropped a birch box inside to operate as a transforming home within a home. “That box is like a Swiss Army Knife where everything can open…

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FedEx tinkerer custom builds no-waste micro farmstead

FedEx tinkerer custom builds no-waste micro farmstead

Ramutis “Ray” Narkevicius kept his day job with FedEx but cultivated his dream job by gardening his small Los Angeles backyard to a point of passion. His high yield system produces fruits, veggies, eggs, & fish thanks to composting. He…

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Wanted common area for people, not cars. Built a Pocket Hood

Wanted common area for people, not cars. Built a Pocket Hood

On an empty lot next door to a popular craft brewery, the Blockhouse team wanted to build housing that would fit a buzzing Spokane (WA) neighborhood. They carefully placed micro and skinny units around some old-growth trees to create a…

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Student built Tiny House Cabin In The Woods (all materials HIKED in!)

Student built Tiny House Cabin In The Woods (all materials HIKED in!)

With input from Pam and Chris Daniele ( @DirtandGlass ), I (Derek “Deek” Diedricksen) designed and provided the sketches for this cabin, and oversaw its initial framing alongside a group of workshop students at Tiny House Summer Camp in 2018…

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Aptera commutes just on solar, gets 1K mile-range when full

Aptera commutes just on solar, gets 1K mile-range when full

When Aptera debuted plans for their electric vehicle in 2007 the solar panels were only powerful enough for climate control, but now, 14 years later, Aptera’s 3-wheeled rig relies on just the sun for most of its charging needs. To…

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A Frame Tiny House Rental built for only $2k!

A Frame Tiny House Rental built for only $2k!

A frames seem to be admired in the tiny house world, and while they can’t often be placed on wheeled trailers because of height restrictions (and because a frame cabins aren’t so space efficient), they ARE sturdy, simple to build,…

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Rundown apartments reborn as food-forest coliving Agritopia

Rundown apartments reborn as food-forest coliving Agritopia

In 2007, Ole and Maitri Ersson bought the rundown Cabana apartment complex in the city and immediately began to de-pave parking spaces to make space for what today is a huge permaculture coliving space and urban food forest. Today, the…

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3D-Printed in 24h, no waste. Price to fall as builds ramp-up

3D-Printed in 24h, no waste. Price to fall as builds ramp-up

Thanks to new extra-large 3D printers, it’s now possible to print a house with a machine that extrudes a material – usually concrete/cement or a polymer, but more lately even earth – in an entirely additive process so there is…

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