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The IWI can unfold to provide extra space when needed, then collapse back into a smaller footprint when it’s no longer in use. If we’ve learned anything from the last few years of adapting to and living with disruption on a global scale, it’s the importance of flexibility. That means welcoming new ideas when it comes to how we parent, how we educate our children, how we design our homes, how we dress and shop, and of course, how we work. If nothing else, the pandemic taught us that some of us could indeed ditch the commute (and the associated carbon emissions) to work just as productively from home. This…

Constructed using materials that were either recycled or diverted from landfill, the Early BKK café also has a social mission. Coffee shops are more than a convenient spot to get a cup of caffeine or a snack. More often than not, they are communal hubs of activity, functioning as places for locals to gather, or perhaps for laptop-toting people to get some work done. It’s the versatility of the coffee shop that has some speculating that it may very well become the model of universities, retail shops, and offices of the future. Over in Bangkok, Thailand, the important role of the…

The studio is in Castleton, Ontario. Sheree Rasmussen Sheree Rasmussen repurposed an artist’s studio that her late partner built into a tiny home rental. She wanted to honor his life by letting others enjoy the space while making money on Airbnb. The 70-year-old now earns about $2,200 a month renting out the bright red tower that’s 18 feet high. For you: Insider Today newsletter — the day’s most fascinating stories.Email addressBy clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Two years after Sheree Rasmussen’s partner passed…

This adobe dome in Terlingua, Texas  is close to Big Bend National Park.Trevor Reichman / Airbnb Airbnb shared Its top U.S. listings in the U.S. in 2022 exclusively with CNBC Make It. The list of 9 properties includes locations all over the country, but Florida and California dominate the list. The homes span from a tiny escape in Nashville, Tennessee to an off-the-grid dome in Terlingua, Texas.Here’s the full list. Top Airbnb listings in the U.S. in 2022 Idyllic, Romantic Beachfront Apartment in Malibu -Malibu, California This beachfront apartment accommodates two guests and is in Malibu, California.Chiuling Chen / Airbnb This 1-bedroom, 1-bathroom apartment is…

Một số tòa nhà giống như những vụ tai nạn khủng khiếp—bạn không thể không cảm thấy tồi tệ khi nhìn vào chúng, nhưng dường như cũng không thể rời mắt đi. Cho dù đó là do thiết kế kém may mắn hay thời gian đã ảnh hưởng đến chúng, những công trình như vậy hiếm khi không thu hút được sự chú ý của mọi người. Không có gì đáng ngạc nhiên khi có hẳn một subreddit dành riêng cho kiểu chướng mắt này. Các thành viên của cộng đồng ‘Khiêu dâm tòa nhà chết tiệt’ chia sẻ hình…

Now it’s possible. You can have your own little (or large) hobbit home. “Green Magic Homes” have created some structures that can be assembled in less than 3 days by any person without proper tools or experience in house-building. Isn’t this amazing? Due to their shape and materials, you will be warm in the winter and the summers will be cool. And it is totally ecological. So who wants to come build a hobbit village with me?

A great example of a shipping container houses done right. There’s a lively debate about whether housing made from shipping containers makes sense. After all, shipping containers were designed specifically for transporting goods efficiently around the world, and are not made for long-term habitation. That said, there are great examples of shipping container houses done right. This type of housing can be ideal for temporary or urgent living situations, like getting roofs over unhoused people, offices, or for pop-up shops and the like. Shipping containers may also be transformed into into short-term rentals, as the owners of Desert Rose Ranch have done. Located on a 27-acre…

A quirky Japanese home is inspired by the shape of spider webs. Japan has a reputation for having some of the most unusual and uniquely designed homes in the world. Interestingly, this trend has little to do with cultural differences, but more to do with practical concerns, as Architizer points out: “Houses in Japan depreciate in value exponentially faster than those in America, Great Britain and other parts of Asia. In fact, Japanese houses lose all of their value after just 30 years, while half are expected to be demolished after 38 years. This startling fact essentially renders the future of these residences…

Architecture is a complex art. It requires lots of creativity to make the structures sound, as well as functional and visually appealing at the same time. This is in no way an easy task, yet some people thrive on the challenge; and they introduce to the world some of the most spectacular designs one can find. And luckily for us, they are found by Architecture Hunter, a digital content platform that sheds light on some of the most impressive ideas and projects out there. What started as an Instagram account sharing visuals of awe-inspiring architecture grew to become a multi-platform undertaking…

Chỗ ở phù hợp là một yếu tố quan trọng của một chuyến đi thành công. Tuy nhiên, thật khó để tìm được thứ gì đó có tất cả các tiện nghi bạn cần và không quá ồn ào, quá hẻo lánh, quá nhỏ, quá lớn, quá mộc mạc, quá cầu kỳ hoặc quá đắt đỏ. Trừ khi bạn sẵn sàng thỏa hiệp. Đặc biệt là về phần cuối cùng. Để nhắc nhở chúng tôi rằng các chủ nhà của họ không chỉ cung cấp một nơi để ngủ và cất giữ đồ đạc của chúng tôi, nhân viên tại…

The Ark cho thuê với giá 170 đô la một đêm trên Airbnb và có thể chứa tối đa bốn người. Phép lịch sự của Kelly Marie Kelly Marie đã mua công viên Nostalgiaville rộng 55 mẫu Anh ở Springfield, Tennessee với giá 900.000 USD.  Cô ấy đổi tên nó thành Kelly’s Jubilee, sửa chữa những chỗ ở khác thường của nó và đưa chúng lên Airbnb. Khách sạn hiện tạo ra doanh thu 30.000 đô la một tháng và thu hút khách từ những nơi xa xôi như Nga. Vào năm 2017, Kelly Marie đang sống ở Tây Ban Nha…

This is an edited, translated version of an article that originally appeared on June 14, 2022. Lisa Tranter and Matt Hobbs wanted to have more independence and live in a more sustainable way. This inspired them to build a tiny house in the spectacular scenery of the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Australia. The house is in the Blue Mountains in Australia. The 237-square-foot house has striking black exterior walls, a large terrace with an awning, a full kitchen, and living space on two floors. The house is 8 feet wide, 29.5 feet long, and 15 feet high. A view from above. Tranter said…

This lovely family home is designed to strict sustainability standards. We’ve been big fans of Passive House (or Passivhaus as it was originally called in Europe) for years. That’s because Passivhaus is an ultra-energy-efficient building standard that is designed to minimize things like air leakage and how much energy is consumed, using elements like high-quality windows and lots of insulation and ensuring that the building envelope is as air-tight as possible. A house built to Passivhaus standards would be the epitome of what might be (non-pejoratively) called a “dumb home”—it’s simple, it works, it’s more resilient and less carbon-intensive, and there’s no need for lofty net-zero…

Location, location, location says it all for an all-season floating tiny house on a lake. There’s something dreamy and delightful about living in a luxurious houseboat, where the water is both your home and your path to travel. Some of these floating tiny houses might be solar-powered, geodesic in form, or gathered in floating villages, while others might be available for rent for those who are merely curious. Over in the small town of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, about 30 minutes north of Quebec City, Canada, is yet another floating cottage at Bora Boreal that one can rent for a weekend or more. We get a tour of this fascinating lake…

Longtime readers will know that for whatever reason, Belgium has a thing for particularly ugly houses. These buildings contain design choices so bizarre that they are almost a subgenre of architectural photography online. Cheap, ramshackle buildings are one thing, but here most homes contain what appear to be deliberate, albeit confusing design choices made by someone who had other options. The “Ugly Belgian Houses” (it’s in the name) Instagram account gathers the best (or worst) examples of home and yard design from the Western European country. We also reached out to Hannes Coudenys, the man who manages the page. So upvote…

Bruce Campbell is an inventive engineer who bought a retired Boeing 727 aircraft fuselage and upcycled it into an unusual and innovative home. The huge 3-engine commercial airliner is propped up on concrete pillars in a suburban wooded area outside of Portland, Oregon, and has its own driveway. The aircraft features a makeshift shower, but he is still working to install a working lavatory and to restore some of the plane’s original interior elements, like seating and lights. Campbell lives in this plane 6 months every year, and spends the other part of the year in Japan, where he is…

Thân máy bay McDonnell Douglas MD-80 và McDonnell Douglas DC-9 được tạo nên ngôi nhà của Joe Axline. . Joe Axline cho biết ông đã nảy ra ý tưởng biến một chiếc máy bay thành ngôi nhà khi còn là một đứa trẻ vào những năm 70 khi xem một chương trình truyền hình có tên “The Magician”. Nhân vật chính của chương trình do Bill Bixby thủ vai và đi từ thành phố này sang thành phố khác trên một chiếc máy bay để giải quyết tội phạm. “Tôi nghĩ điều đó thật tuyệt,” Axline nói với Insider. Axline được…

Last October, I returned to London after working abroad for nearly a year in Central America and Southeast Asia. Finding an apartment on a budget wasn’t easy. The average cost of a one-bedroom in Southwark, a borough in South London, is around $1,850 a month. That’s more than 75% of my income as an architectural designer. At 28, my goal is to save up to buy a house of my own one day. But I didn’t want to move to the outskirts of the city, so I started looking into the possibility of living in a skip — or, as it’s called in…

Nhà để xe ở San Jose, California, bên trái, biến thành căn hộ studio, bên phải, mà công ty khởi nghiệp Symbihom của Rebecca Möller đã chuyển đổi. Rebecca Möller Nhiều chủ nhà ở California xây dựng các đơn vị nhà ở phụ, hoặc ADU, trên tài sản của họ. Mặc dù nhiều ADU trong số này là những ngôi nhà nhỏ độc lập được lắp đặt ở sân sau, nhưng cũng có thể chuyển nhà để xe thành căn hộ có địa chỉ riêng. Mặt ngoài của gara biến thành một đơn vị nhà ở phụ, một không gian sống bổ…

Elizabeth Earle’s life almost sounds like the stuff of fiction. The author and illustrator from Warwickshire, England, has lived on a 70-foot narrowboat that traverses the country’s canal system since April 2022. Earle purchased the narrowboat from a friend for £35,000, or about $43,620, and is still funneling money into renovating the century-old vessel she nicknamed Maggie. “This boat’s absolutely rinsed me,” Earle told Insider. “I’ve barely got enough money to buy tea bags.” Earle, 34, chose boat life for a few reasons, chief among them the savings over a traditional mortgage. “This is why there’s a stereotypical view of the starving…

Katie Heim and her wife renovated a 110-year-old mansion in historic Gonzales, Texas. Courtesy of Katie Heim. For you: Insider Today newsletter — the day’s most fascinating stories.Email addressBy clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Katie Heim, 45, is a seventh-generation Texan with a soft spot for the Victorian era. In 2020, she found the home of her dreams: A more than century-old mansion built in the historic city of Gonzales, Texas. The eight-bedroom and six-and-a-half-bathroom home was built in 1913 by Emily James “Jimmie” Lea…

Lacey Harwood’s barn structure that totals to about 985 square feet of living space took less than a year to complete, and cost under $130,000. Courtesy of Lacey Harwood For you: Insider Today newsletter — the day’s most fascinating stories.Email addressBy clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.ADVERTISING This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lacey Harwood, a 39-year-old “barndominium” owner based one hour outside of Houston. It has been edited for length and clarity. In 2010, my husband and I built our 4,500-square-foot…

Danner Cronise and his Home Depot shed. Danner Cronise Danner Cronise, 23, is a computer-engineering student at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Since 2020, Cronise and his dad have been converting an old Home Depot shed into a tiny home. Take a look at how they’re transforming the shed the family erected 20 years ago. Danner Cronise Twenty years after purchasing a two-story Home Depot shed to use as storage, Cronise and his dad decided to try and turn it into the world’s largest tiny home. Cronise’s family had purchased a 22-acre property in the hills of southern Tennessee in…

Most 3D-printed homes popping up around the world have been built using a concrete mix. Anthony VuBut the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) has taken a more novel and sustainable approach to 3D printing homes. Brittany Chang/InsiderInstead of using concrete, ASCC is printing homes out of wood waste. Brittany Chang/InsiderThe research and development center has its hands in diverse projects — from floating wind turbines to rebars — all with the goal of creating a sustainable future. Brittany Chang/InsiderBut we’re not here to talk about all of ASCC’s various side quests. Brittany Chang/InsiderInstead, on an overcast…