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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced its selection of the best new houses in the UK. Consisting of 20 impressive and varied residences, the 2021 House of the Year longlist includes a water tower turned into a home, an accessib… Continue reading RIBA House of the Year longlist showcases amazing British design
It’s fair to say that Icon is dominating the 3D-printed construction space at the moment – both here on Earth and even potentially on Mars. Following its completion of four homes in Austin, Texas, the firm has now teamed up with homebuilder Lennar to c… Continue reading “World’s largest” 3D-printed neighborhood to be built in Texas
When you’re dealing with the kind of small living space offered by a tiny house, maximizing glazing can really help make it feel less cramped. France’s Baluchon embraced this approach with its recently completed Ia Orana, and it really opens up the hom… Continue reading Generous glazing floods compact tiny house interior with daylight
Following its unveiling of the 2021 Stirling Prize, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the winner of the 2021 Stephen Lawrence Prize. Tonkin Liu has received the award for its fantastic work transforming a dilapidated water t… Continue reading Amazing water tower home wins 2021 Stephen Lawrence Prize
Hired to design a house for a keen skateboarder, architect Macu Bulgubure decided to go all-in and created an attractive house that has an awesome-looking ramp on its exterior. Named Skatehouse 2, it also runs off-the-grid with a solar power setup and … Continue reading Stilted off-grid house carves its own niche with built-in skateboard ramp
Norwegian architectural studio Norske Mikrohus, specializing in tiny homes on wheels, has launched its latest model. The 16-sq-m (172-sq-ft) Rast can comfortably accommodate up to four adults and is light enough to travel on the road with a standard SU… Continue reading Tiny house on wheels is packed with Scandinavian style and function
For decades sci-fi has been promising us helpful home robots, but progress and uptake have been slow. It often takes the backing of a big company to really kick things off, and Amazon may have heeded the call with Astro, its new overachieving Alexa-on-… Continue reading Amazon’s Astro robot is part helpful assistant, part privacy dystopia
We typically associate Canadian tiny house builder Minimaliste with spacious homes that can withstand extremes in hot and cold weather. With the Nomad, the firm has retained the same hardy four-season tiny house design, but it’s offered in a smaller an… Continue reading All-weather tiny house is designed for the modern Nomad
Though French tiny houses are always very compact due to the country’s strict towing laws, Baluchon goes to great efforts to maximize living space with its models – and this is the case with its recently completed Farniente too. The tiny house contains… Continue reading Pint-sized tiny house just the ticket for cozy movie nights
Though it has a total length of just 7.2 m (23 ft), the River Bank tiny house, by New Zealand’s Build Tiny, actually packs quite a lot of features into its compact frame thanks to some clever space-saving design. The home includes movable furniture, lo… Continue reading Compact tiny house goes big on features thanks to space-saving design