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Wildfire-Proof Prefab Camp Closes Up When You’re Gonegreenbuildingelements.com » Green Building Elements - Nov 16, 2008 If you live in dangerous drought conditions, wildfires are a worry. So imagine a campsite dwelling designed so that you can easily just close it up entirely, completely concealed inside a fireproof sheath, whenever … Also tagged: design, energy efficiency, mudgee, passive systems, fire proof housing, harvesting rainwater, casey brown |
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Mobile Woodworking Shop, 1938treehugger.com » TreeHugger - Nov 13, 2008 We recently showed Paul Villinski's Emergency Response Studio that was a wood shop on wheels; Here is an interesting version from 1938 of a woodworking shop that would tour California schools. From Modern Mechanix... Also tagged: cars and transportation, modern mechanix, wayback machine |
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Modern Prefab + Credit Crunch = Teardowntreehugger.com » TreeHugger - Nov 12, 2008 The architects of the prefabs at the MoMA show Home Delivery were allowed to sell their houses at the end of the show. Most were more works of art rather than livable houses, so it shouldn't really be a surprise that … Also tagged: architecture, events, new york |
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42 Prefab Architecture & Flat Pack Furniture Designsweburbanist.com » WebUrbanist - Nov 9, 2008 When a prefab building solution is required it can kick a design-oriented mind into high gear - the search for a visually appealing yet functional solution can be incredibly motivating. These creative designers are no … Also tagged: architecture, design, environment, urban, cargo, reuse, recycle, container, modular, prefabrication, flat pack, urban furniture |
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Ecofriendly Prefab Homes Debut in Turkeytreehugger.com » TreeHugger - Nov 2, 2008 Photo: Orca Yapı Sistemleri In Turkish, the word for a slum is gecekondu, meaning "settled overnight." A prefabricated house doesn't go up quite that quickly, but mass production can make homes--of both the … Also tagged: design and architecture, turkey, construction, green building, buildings, energy efficiency |
washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Real Estate - Oct 31, 2008
For 57 years, it sat at the corner of South 12th and Frederick streets in Arlington, a dove-gray porcelain enamel house that was supposed to help solve the nation's post-World War II housing crunch.
Also tagged: minneapolis, virginia, united states, to, westchester, george washington, fabulous, arlington, columbus ohio, quantico, from, national building museum, frederick maryland, arlington county, chantilly virginia, u s naval research laboratory, n y, the museum of modern art, paul revere, clifford krowne, tom dickinson, arlington county taxpayers association, carl strandlund, cynthia liccese torres, lustron corp, resident john antonelli
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30 Different Ways to Put A Roof Over Your Head In These Tents Timestreehugger.com » TreeHugger - Oct 28, 2008 Around America tent cities are springing up as people are losing their houses and their jobs. And it isn't just the drunks and the disturbed; at this tent city in Reno, Seven in 10 were from the area, where the housing … Also tagged: design and architecture, shelter, architecture for humanity, emergency housing |
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Emergency Response Studio by Paul Villinksitreehugger.com » TreeHugger - Oct 27, 2008 Artist Paul Villinski has done a fab refab of a prefab, stripping out the guts of a 30' Gulfstream Cavalier FEMA Trailer of all formaldehyde-contaminated materials and rebuilding it with recycled denim insulation … Also tagged: solar, artists, fema, living with less, formaldehyde |
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SEED [pod] Incremental Housing from Binary Studiostreehugger.com » TreeHugger - Oct 27, 2008 Binary Studios suggest that their Small Energy Efficient Dwelling is like a plant: "As the seedpod protects and nourishes the seed in the initial stages of the embryonic plant, the SEED [pod] equivalently recognizes … Also tagged: design, housing, less is more |
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Folding Bamboo Houses by Ming Tangtreehugger.com » TreeHugger - Oct 22, 2008 Jorge at Inhabitat calls Ming Tang's temporary shelters "origami inspired"; They remind me more of the tensile structures of Frei Otto They were developed as temporary shelters for the homeless after last May's … Also tagged: architects, china, housing, bamboo |