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Container Living
This concept first did the rounds a couple of years ago but now the SF Gate reports on the use of cargo containers as homes. One type called Quik Houses costs $160,000 and uses f...

IKEA Starts Selling Its BoKlok
IKEA has started accepting applications to be a resident of their BoKlok houses in Gateshead, England. The houses are branded as 'affordable' and will cost up to £150,000 and w...

Micro Living With Tumbleweed Houses
These ingenious little houses have been around for a while, but with rising living costs and environmental concerns, they deserve a mention. In 1997 Jay Shafer set out to sim...

Option A Home That’s Not For Sale (Yet)
Love this trend-spot by Springwise: the Igglo site lets people 'pre-order' houses that aren't yet for sale: The Finnish company has photographed every building in Helsinki, with...

Is The Suburb The Next Slum?
There's interesting thought piece over at Atlantic that wonders if the flight from America's suburbs and exurbs by folks who can no longer afford the housing (and the gas prices ...

Solar Decathlon: Oct 7-16 - National Mall, Washington, D.C.
Next week, teams from 18 universities across the country will take the solar houses they have built on their individual campuses and transport them to Washington, D.C. to compete...