Dwell is one of my favorite architecture interior design magazine. Now it is teaming up with Empyrean to build modern prefab homes designed for mass production.

Dwell is specializing in sustainable, green and environmental housing design and issues.
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The BoKlok affordable housing concept by Skanska and IKEA and led by Live Smart @ Home, offers good affordable housing at a low cost for just about everyone.

BoKlok (pronounced Boo Clook) means “live smart” therefore the BoKlok homes are unique smart homes, adapted to the day-to-day needs of the modern family, with open spaces, large windows and high ceilings. This affordable housing concept is planned as small-scale residential areas where you know your neighbors and feel safe and secure. Continue reading →

The city of Zaragoza, Spain was elected the host city of the Expo Zaragoza 2008. The theme of the 2008 international exposition is water and sustainable development. One of the expo main entrances will be the Bridge Pavilion, an amazing structure designed by Zaha Hadid, a respected architect with a radical new approach to architecture and the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize for Architecture.
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Building a tree house was always my life-long dream. The elevated feeling of standing on top of a tree branch, just like a bird contemplating where to go next, gazing at the horizon on breezy nights. That is why when i first saw Baumraum tree house (what a great name and logo design) – I could actually see how my tree house plan becoming a reality. Continue reading →

Baratt Homes, One of UK’s house building companies, came up with the iPad – an innovative new home at an affordable price, created especially for first time home buyers. Barratt are offering 1 and 2 bedroom apartments which include a living/dining area, spacious open-plan kitchen and fully-fitted bathroom, plus a private balcony.
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Considered one of America’s most important architects, Steven Holl is recognized for his ability to blend space and light with great contextual sensitivity and to utilize the unique qualities of each project to create a concept-driven design. In 1976 Steven founded Steven Holl Architects in New York. The firm’s online portfolio is very impressive, from residential houses to commercial and institutions. I was particularly impressed by the firm’s architecture project for the School of Art & Art History Building, University of Iowa. Continue reading →

Small house design from Japanese experts Atelier Bow-Wow. 130 million people live in Japan, but the crowdedness doesn’t stop Atelier Bow-Wow Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima, from creating an inspiring architecture design in crowded cities such as Tokyo.

The Bow-Wow architecture website provides photos for each project and architecture plans. Their online portfolio and exhibitions are truly inspiring and smart.
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For $96,000 a cube you can get the BMW of small house design. Introducing the 76-square-foot micro compact home, the m-ch for short, small house design. Designed to meet the growing demand for short-stay living. The owners get a fully integrated layout interior design with everything from a flatscreen TV to a dining room table that seats five.

“There’s no reason to have all that space anymore,” says Gregory Paul Johnson, director of the Small House Society. “For one thing, all your media collections can fit into an iPod now.”
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GriffnerHaus modern architecture designs combine a building tradition that is close to nature with latest scientific findings. The GriffnerHaus houses impress by virtue of their spacious internal layout, which enhances the quality of life, combined with highly aesthetic design. Continue reading →