Tim Cornell specializes in designing and engineering pole houses which he calls “intelligent modern homes for the 21st century.” Ecologically smart, pole houses trace their beginnings to the indigenous architectures of ancient Africa, Japan and Polynesia.
Based in Hawai’i, Tim has been designing and building durable and attractive custom pole houses since the late 1980s. His [...]
Comments(0) Michelle Kaufmann is an eco-minded architect living in Oakland who is designing beautiful upscale prefab homes.
Smart design, eco materials, energy efficiency, water conservation, healthy environment are the 5 ecoprinciples Michelle developed and follows in the design and construction of her homes.
Michelle currently has five prefab home designs, Glidehouse, mkLoft, mkLotus (shown above), mkSolaire, Sidebreeze, and Sunset [...]
Comments(0) How to use structures that already exist to maximize living spaces. That’s a question that quite handsome German designer, Werner Aisslinger, had in mind when he envisioned Loftcube - a minimal mobile home unit designed for rooftop living. At his site, be sure to go to The Story and The Concept!
Werner’s view of Berlin from [...]
Comments(0) BoKlok is a groundbreaking new concept to housing that involves providing space-saving, functional and high-quality properties at a price that enables as many people as possible to afford a comfortable home.
First pioneered in the 90s in Sweden by furniture company IKEA and construction firm Skanska, BoKlok has expanded to Finland, Denmark, Norway and the UK.
BoKlok, [...]
Comments(0) Since 1997 Jay Shafer has been living in houses smaller than some people’s bathrooms. He called the first of his little hand built houses Tumbleweed. Jay’s decision to inhabit just 100 square feet came from some concerns he had about the impact a larger house would have on the environment and because he just did [...]
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