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Fab Tree Hab: the house that grows with trees (video)

Forget the "usual" tree houses. What if human architecture could merge with the surrounding world, becoming a part of nature itself? The Terreform One architecture studio imagines this scenario with Fab Tree Hab, a prefabricated house that is […]

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The house decorated with 30.000 plastic caps

Imaginative and colorful artistic mosaics made of waste. These are the ones that Russian pensioner Olga Kostina made with the plastic caps of over 30.000 bottles for the facade of her wooden house, in the small village of Kamarchaga, on the border […]

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Goodbye bills and mortgage! The off-grid micro-house built in 4 months with 33 thousand dollars

Don't be fooled by the exterior facade. Inside this ex-trailer is an incredibly spacious and luxurious miniature house that doesn't even pay the bills. This tiny off-grid house was built and furnished by Andrew and Gabriella Morrison in just 4 […]

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Profitable house: in Denmark you can live with zero impact

Living in a house that produces more energy than it consumes can be. The project, conceived and built in Denmark, makes it possible to have an ultra-efficient home capable of capturing more energy than an average family of four needs to heat it, […]

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The house with the corn walls

The house with corn walls. The professionals of St. André-Lang were inspired by the shapes of the corn dryers found in Alsace to create this original prototype of a house, in which they incorporated corn cobs that allow the facade to blend completely […]

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The sustainable and off-grid library to bring books to the poorest areas (PHOTO and VIDEO)

In a remote village in Tanzania, on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, a sustainable, efficient and off-grid library has arisen, dedicated to children and schoolchildren in the area. With this structure, created by applying and updating traditional […]

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How to build a sustainable and low cost bamboo house

Is building a sustainable bamboo house a possible challenge? Bamboo is considered to be as resistant to compression as concrete, as solid as steel and capable of regenerating itself in a few years. He […]

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QB2, the cube house that can be built in 4 hours at a cost of 12 thousand euros

It doesn't take a lot of time or money. 4 hours and 10.500 pounds, about 12 thousand euros, are enough to set up a house. Word of Mike Page who designed his QB2, a sustainable and low-cost three-story cube house He […]

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Èterra Samara: the 5-star tree house suspended in Canadian forests

A tree house and a "tree house". It's called E'Terra Samara and it's a 5-star ecological resort designed by the Farrow Partnership studio to create a place in harmony with nature. For this reason the structure remains suspended, rather than being […]

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Roost Treehouse: the tree house inspired by elves

Roost Treehouse is the tree house conceived by Antony Gibbon, creative and innovative designer, focused on the theme of sustainable architecture and respect for the environment in the choice of building materials. His designs are inspired by geometric […]

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Ad Amsterdam la prima casa stampata in 3D (PHOTO and VIDEO)

The first house entirely made with a 3D printer will be built in Amsterdam. Architects from Dus Architects have already begun construction of the 3D Print Canal House, using a large-scale version of a 3D printer, and natural materials. He […]

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Finca Bellavista: a sustainable community in the heart of the rainforest (PHOTO and VIDEO)

Imagine living on the top of a tree, in the heart of the rainforest, and being surrounded only by the colors and sounds of lush and unspoiled nature, light years away from the hustle and bustle of city life: this is what happens to those who chooses […]

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Tiny house: the most beautiful micro house in the world according to Forbes

Small, ecological and equipped with all comforts, television and hi-tech appliances included. A truly minimal house, able to accommodate up to 6 people in a few square meters. And surrounded by nature. It is no coincidence that the prestigious […]

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How to build thatched houses? The educational sites of BAG mobile workshop arrive

Do you remember the houses in wood and straw of the EVA (Self-rebuilt Eco Village) project, the initiative we talked about some time ago and which aims at the rebirth "from below" of the Abruzzo village of Pescomaggiore, destroyed by the earthquake […]

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Schoolgirl transforms old clothes into heat-insulating bricks

Clarisse Merle studies architecture and fashion but cares about the environment. So she made special bricks using old clothes He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him Her […]

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Tiny House Movement: living in a small space to live better

The "Tiny House" movement, literally "small houses", has its roots in the "insane idea" that a simple life is preferable and possible, if lived in small houses. He is about to end up run over, his […]

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Hobbit Hollow: the passive house with a green roof that looks like something out of a Tolkien book

So beautiful that the hobbits of the Lord of the Rings are envious of it. A house inspired by the suggestive dwellings populated by Tolkien's fantastic creatures, but which really exists. It was created by a true fan of the saga, Jim Costigan, […]

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Tiny House: in Paris the functional micro-apartment of only 8 square meters

A very tiny, but habitable house. In Paris, Kitoko Studio managed to transform a very small apartment into a livable house of only 8 square meters. It is a functional and habitable space, perhaps the smallest in the French capital. He […]

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In Panama opens the museum of biodiversity in the shape of origami

An innovative origami-shaped biodiversity museum has just opened its doors in Panama. The Biomuseo was finally inaugurated after a long period of construction, which lasted ten years. Archistar Frank Gehry designed it. He […]

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Panchoran Retreat: the bamboo refuge that recycles old telephone poles (PHOTO)

A paradise on earth, hidden in the heart of Bali's forests. A natural nest that moves away from the gray of the cities. It's called Panchoran (in Balinese spring) and it's the perfect world for those tired of living in chaos He […]

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In Seville, the first European vertical garden in a hospital

The first European vertical garden in a hospital is born in Seville, the Clínica USP Sagrado Corazón. The project consists in using one of the walls of the building as a natural support where a vertical garden of 40 m2 has arisen He […]

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Turn your home stairs into a wine cellar in just a week - the result is incredible

Transform the stairs into a cellar that can hold 156 bottles of wine - the genius idea of Australian builder Murray Berrill. He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him Every […]

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A cat-shaped nursery: a lovely place to play and learn (PHOTO)

An adorable cat-shaped nursery that would delight any child. The French artist Tomi Ungerer and the architect Ayla-Suzan Yondel conceived this project truly out of the ordinary. He is about to end […]

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Dice House: the passive house in the shape of a nut

Designed by the London-based firm of Sybarite architects, the 'Dado Casa' is a new concept of passive house that exploits the idea 9 x 9 x 9, or 9 meters in three dimensions, to increase the energy performance of the entire building. He […]

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Photovoltaic: how I can produce customized modules for an entire facade with one click

A new European project is launched to produce bespoke photovoltaic facades with one click He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him Il […]

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The Passive Solar House in Val d'Aosta

Cool in summer, warm in winter and self-powered with zero emissions. It is the passive "solar house" conceived by the Milanese architecture studio Albori, which works, with many other projects in addition to this, on the themes of architecture […]

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How to self-build a Hobbit-style house in the garden with 180 euros (PHOTO)

A small and cozy "Hobbit" style earth house. 150-year-old Michael Buck, a former art professor, self-built it for just £ 59 in the garden of his main home in Oxfordshire, a county in south-east England. He […]