Very useful information:------------------------------------------We receive lots of emails from people asking us- how do I go about building my own shipping container home?So to answer this question, here at containerhomeplans.org we’ve asked 23 shipping container home owners to reveal to us what you really need to...
Build your perfect eco castle with a business in Italy!-------------------------------------------------------------Have you ever wanted to own your own castle – or perhaps an Italian monastery? Here’s your chance. As part of Italy’s Strategist Tourist Plan, the country is giving away 103 historic sites – including...
Is really the first? Even though I m not sure about this claim, but it is a very unique design.-----------------------------------Look, up in the sky — it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s the Heliotrope! The brainchild of Architect Ralph Disch, this rotating solar home...
This is one of the very few residential buildings that has received Passive House, LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge certifications as well as numerous other local certifications and awards. This is very inspiring and is our goal as well.------------------------------------------------------This past weekend, as...
Perfect mix of wood and glass in this box shaped Eco Friendly home.---------------------------------------------------- The P.A.T.H. homes are a line of homes developed by Slovenian prefabricated housing specialist Riko in collaboration with French designer and architect Philippe Starck. The P.A.T.H. or Prefabricated Accessible Technological Homes are...
Not everything has to be made of steel!----------------------------------------This gorgeous zero energy Tvzeb studio boasts all kinds of innovative design strategies - from geothermal and solar energy generation to a Corten steel shell, extensive glazing to maximize views and winter solar gain, LED lighting and wall...
Grain silos don't have to be restricted to holding grain. In fact, we've seen them converted into anything from climbing walls to interactive urban spaces.They can also be converted into small homes, as this newlywed couple did, transforming an old silo from 1955 into their...
Another Great Bridge Reuse contest!A design for parks and gardens on the South Park neighborhood's waterfront won the international competition to create a use for the old 520 floating bridge pontoons, according to the competition's Facebook page. The "Food Bridge" would be set afloat along...
Another Great reuse Bridge CompetitionIn 2012, Cleveland Design Competition: Transforming the Bridge challenged entrants to re-imagine the abandoned lower streetcar level of Cleveland’s Detroit-Superior Bridge as a dynamic public space, performance venue and pedestrian experience. At the beginning of 2012, a group of local designers...
Over the past two years, shoppers at a West London supermarket may have noticed a bizarre cylindrical dwelling taking shape high above the store's car park. The structure from which it has been created - a 60ft tower holding a vast water tank - could not...