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Imagine fitting your whole living space – kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, etc. – into 90 square feet. That’s a 9 x 10 foot room. Or 7 x 13 feet. It’s an extremely small footprint for an apartment. But as seen in this video, it can work: This sounds extreme in the U.S., but it is not [...]
Back in September, a challenge was issued on Treehugger’s web site to create a 420 square foot living space that can do everything a space twice that big would normally do: Help Design, Build an Ultra-Low Footprint Apartment: The LifeEdited Project Specifically: One reason New Yorkers use less energy per capita is that they live [...]
This video opens with a great quote: “Earthquakes don’t kill people. Buildings do.” And this is very true. For example, in last year’s Haiti earthquake, thousands and thousands of people died as poorly-constructed buildings collapsed on top of them. The way to prevent tragedies like Haiti is to build buildings that can survive earthquakes, and [...]
This is a stunning achievement. In China they have completely built a 15-story apartment building in just 6 days. This time-lapse video tells the tale: Even more amazing is the level of greeness. From the description: Level 9 Earthquake Resistance: diagonal bracing structure, light weight, steel construction, passed level 9 earthquake resistance testing 6x Less [...]
A different way to build a house #59 – Making the most of small apartment spaces
by Marshall Brain | September 27, 2010
You may recall the amazing “transformer apartment”:
A tiny apartment with moving walls becomes 24 different spaces
Now there is a new take on this idea using rolling walls on tracks, similar to the mechanism seen here…
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What does rent control mean? — Debie, Victoria, Canada
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In a city like New York, the word “house” often translates into “apartment”. There really aren’t a lot of houses to be had on Manhattan. And because real estate prices are so high, the common man often settles for a small apartment. And then there is the tiny apartment. The New York Post ran this [...]
In the heart of Tokyo there is a housing project that is unique. It is called the Nakagin Capsule Tower, and can be located in this aerial photo: As described in the following interview with the designer, each of the prefab cubes is its own single-room house. They were intended to be replaceable: Built in [...]
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