“In December, Designboom showed the full scale model of a housing unit by Chinese designers Studio Liu Lubin that was ‘…based on the minimum space people need for basic indoor movement, such as sitting, laying and standing.’ Now the first unit has been placed in a Beijing park.…”
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“Now here’s a tiny cabin with a twist that I wanted to show you.
It’s best built on stilts so you can make the best of use of the fold out porch area.
The tiny home is named The Forrester’s Cabin. It was built in 1996 and has a 24′x12′ footprint.
Once it’s closed up it looks just like a shed. But once the porch platforms are dropped it reveals the beautiful home inside.
It has a double bed alcove inside with a kitchen, bathroom, and more.…”
By Alex, May 8, 2013, on Tiny House Talk here.
Roderick James Architects
“In the Nilgiri hills of Taml Nadu, India live the Toda people in rolling meadows and shola forests. This is an example of their architecture, known as an Arsh. Two arches made of long bunches of bamboo are lashed together with cane. The arches support eleven Podh, strong poles running the length of the building. At 1ft (30cm) intervals a hoop of bamboo is lashed over the podh forming a ribcage. On this sticks are tied horizontally forming laths to which rows of thatch are lashed.
To give a grand look to the facade a cylindrical bunch of hay is attached. The interior is windowless and dark consisting of a single space. A raised earthen platform takes up much of one side for sitting and sleeping. A fire is kept farthest from the small door, typically 2ft 6″ (75cm) high. The fire, which smokes continuously, is key to protection from the weather and termites. You can see more pictures and read here about Toda architecture.”
There is a ton of vernacular/natural building on this excellent website: https://naturalhomes.org/
What a beauty! It’s in Silver City, Nevada. Notice how the top window has been placed off-center so as not to conflict with the cupola roof below. The eaves look straight and true, indicating a sound foundation. This website, by photographer Steve Bingham, is a treasure trove of ghost town photos.
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And I do mean boys. The Plichta brothers, ages 9 and 11, are my youngest friends. Going on a hike with them, as I did last night, is like having radar and sonar for anything on the ground, in the air, or in the water. Like a heightened sense of perception. They notice everything, last night a beetle, a termite, a snake “Shall I catch it?” “No.” “Look how the sunlight lights up this pine tree bud.” What’s this?” about innumerable objects. They’re into bones and feathers and anything that moves (or used to move). Once they called me over excitedly in the parking lot to see a dried and squashed gopher. They joke a lot. Last night they noticed how the frogs stopped singing when we got close. Here they are inspecting the driftwood sauna structure built by Dylan on the beach.
They picked right up on this minimalist rock/wood project someone had left on the beach. On the way back we stared at the just-sinking sun on the horizon, hoping for the green flash, but it didn’t happen.
“Hi. My name is Anne Smith, aka Marguerite Turnley. I am a writer and an artist. I thought you might like to use these pictures on your website or to encourage drawing. They are from an old book called Inquire Within, which I have inherited.…These pictures are from old homes in many countries at the turn of the century. The pictures have been scanned from the old books and I thought you might find them useful..… Regards, Anne Smith”
Man was I depressed yesterday. Will spare grim details. Today, it’s been pointed out to me, is the new moon. Sure enough, the fun factor is back. Koko Taylor singing I’d Rather Go Blind right now, the cold fog has lifted and sun’s out, espresso crema with bit of agave nectar, power plant vapes, the wonder of passion flower architecture (by neighbors’ house) — ridiculous!
More music del día: Howlin Wolf doing 300 Pounds of Joy. Hoy hoy I’m the boy…
Forgot to post this yesterday. For Google passion flower images, click here.
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By Feldman Architecture, on DesignBoom here.
“Takashi Kobayashi, a self-taught designer, carpenter and architect of 120 amazing tree houses in Japan — some are sleek and modern cubes, some are fairy-tale cottages…”
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Thanks to “Anonymous”