Collaborate Disseminate
The ingenuity of ancient Egyptian engineers may have been even more ahead of their time than we thought. A new study suggests a currently unexplained ancient structure may have been part of a water purification system feeding a hydraulic lift to raise … Continue reading Ancient hydraulic lift systems could have helped build the pyramids
A lot of so-called tiny houses nowadays are anything but, with some models offering the floorspace of a city apartment. However, the Chipper embraces the small living movement’s humble roots with an affordable and compact model that has been designed t… Continue reading Affordable tiny house sleeps two in compact comfort
Saudi Arabia is bidding to host the 2034 World Cup soccer tournament. If successful, government authorities plan to build a futuristic new stadium within its audacious 170-km-long mirrored city in the desert, the Line.Continue ReadingCategory: Architec… Continue reading Saudi World Cup bid pitches soccer stadium atop 170-km-long skyscraper
If you love all things concrete then you’ll find a lot to like with the Shire, by Atelier Matias Mosquera. The extraordinary home blends into its lush surrounding landscape and offers self-sufficiency in power, water and food.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Self-sufficient concrete home disappears into lush landscape
Australian builder Häuslein Tiny House Co. recently updated its Grand Sojourner model to create the all-new GrandHaus. Featuring a similar overall design but with an improved interior layout, it could be a good fit for a family of four looking to embra… Continue reading Spacious tiny house is fit for a family of four
If there’s one thing wars are good at, it’s turning buildings into rubble. But this mobile manufacturing machine does the reverse, turning rubble from destroyed buildings into bricks – bricks which can be stacked and joined together Lego-style to form … Continue reading Mobile factory makes Lego-style mortarless building bricks from rubble
Rocky Mountain Tiny Houses recently completed a new model named the Bandelier. Though it only has a modest length of just 28 ft (8.5 m), the tiny home is cleverly designed to offer a comfortable interior for two – plus guests – that has a well-proporti… Continue reading Tiny house for two maximizes space with compact but comfortable layout
If you’ve ever wanted to own a fallout shelter of your own to ride out the inevitable nuclear/virus/zombie apocalypse, this might be your chance: a bonafide UK nuclear bunker dating back to the Cold War is about to head to auction, starting at approxim… Continue reading Cold War-era nuclear bunker heads to auction, starts at $20k
Tiny house designers never seem to run out of ideas to make their models stand out. The latest example of this is the Overlook, which provides a small and simple take on tiny living that’s enlivened by an eye-catching cantilevering sleeping area.Contin… Continue reading Quirky cantilevering tiny house doesn’t break the bank
A new material tackles the carbon problem of concrete production and usage by employing a pretty unusual workforce: cyanobacteria. The bio-cement these micro-organisms help to produce harnesses a process that’s existed in nature for 3.5 billion years.C… Continue reading Carbon-capturing concrete alternative driven by photosynthesis