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- Solar-powered Brink Tower is a sustainable solution to Amsterdams housing shortage Tue, 11 Aug 20, 1:30amDutch architecture firm Mecanoo has won an international competition with the design for the Brink Tower, a new mixed-use skyscraper that will connect Amsterdam’s Van Der Pek neighborhood with the Overhoeks...
- PUP Architects disguises a tiny house as a rooftop air duct Wed, 23 Aug 17, 8:01pmPUP Architects disguised a dwelling as a rooftop air duct to bring attention to London’s housing crisis. The unusual pop-up pavilion is the winner of this year’s Architecture Foundation Antepavilion competition for sustainable...
- PUP Architects hides a dwelling inside a rooftop air duct-shaped pavilion Wed, 23 Aug 17, 8:01pmPUP Architects disguised a dwelling as a rooftop air duct to bring attention to London’s housing crisis. The unusual pop-up pavilion is the winner of this year’s Architecture Foundation Antepavilion competition for sustainable...
- Could a spiraling tower made of stacked shipping containers solve Mumbai’s housing crisis? Wed, 12 Aug 15, 7:58amBy following the cylindrical shape of the main tower volume, the shipping containers change position and provide multiple views of the site, while allowing for natural ventilation...
- Containscrapers: could green-covered stacked shipping containers solve Mumbai’s housing crisis? Wed, 12 Aug 15, 4:00amBy following the cylindrical shape of the main tower volume, the shipping containers change position and provide multiple views of the site, while allowing for natural ventilation...
- $10,000 Puzzle Piece Home Made from Reused Wood Could Solve Affordable Housing Crisis Tue, 12 Nov 13, 12:00amECOnnect has developed an innovative puzzle piece home that could provide one solution to the current housing shortage. The Dutch studio created the home after a hurricane hit Haiti and hundreds of thousands of people were...
- Puzzle-Inspired Housing Made from Reused Wood Could Solve Affordable Housing Crisis Tue, 12 Nov 13, 12:00amOne solution for the current housing shortage has evolved from disaster relief designs by ECOonnect. The Dutch studio created their puzzle-inspired concept following the devastation that ensued after the hurricane in Haiti...
- Africa’s First Plastic Bottle House Rises in Nigeria Tue, 8 Nov 11, 4:20amWith a serious housing shortage but no shortage of plastic bottles littering the streets, the Development Association for Renewable Energies (DARE) – an NGO based in Nigeria – decided to build this incredible...