Finding your home away from home
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This wonderful little residence is call the Taliesin Mod Fab, and its being built at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. It can run off grid or on grid, and is built to be transported via train. Nice!
This solar pod house from MercuryHouseOne is a mobile lounge powered by solar panels and fill with the latest sound equipment and lighting. Imagine the parties you could have! It could be used as an off-grid retreat, as a backyard office, or as living quarters almost anywhere you want.
This seemingly large (and strikingly beautiful) house was completed on a relatively modest budget through some clever planning by architect Eldridge Smerin. The house was a prefab that was completed off-site in sections utilizing green technology, then transported to the building site and pieced together. It has an indoor pool, tw car garage, and a fantastic modern style.
For some reason, this oval garden room from Joost strikes me as being very romantic. Maybe it’s the decorations, or maybe it’s the soft round shape, but it looks like wonderful place to spend some time on a cool Summer evening, or a lazy weekend afternoon.
Roost (via If It’s Hip It’s Here)
How romantic is this? Normally, you see the word romantic, and it’s a bedroom with a nice view or a dark duvet, but this romantic gypsy caravan blows all those out of the water. It’s the romantic standard by which all others are judged. It’s the… can you tell I’m a big fan of this cabin?
Pre-manufactured in Quebec, these caravans can be towed to you land behind a standard 3/4 ton truck, and then hooked up to standard city electrical and sewer systems. Offering 204 sq. ft. of space, it’s just big enough to give you everything you need!
Link (via Small House Musings)
Ecopods are from a Canadian company, and take the green refab shipping container living space to a new level. In addition to recycling the shipping container, the Ecopod also contains recycled rubber flooring and soya insulation, as well as integration with solar energy and a virtually maintenance free composting toilet. Plus you can completely seal up the Ecopod, protecting it from the elements (and vandalism). Heck, and they look great, too!
Ecopods (via TinyHouseBlog)
You can buy the Smart Shack either hooked up to “the grid” or not – the ones without grid access have solar cells, a composting toilet, and water storage. They also come either fully finished or in a flat pack for you to put together. The Smart Shack is perfect for difficult to reach places, and looks awesome! Unfortunately, they are in Australia only right now, but hopefully that’ll change soon.
Link (via materialicious)
Baumraum, an architectural firm in Germany, specializes in the fantastic treehouse designs. These are the treehouses you remember as a kid (or saw on The Simpsons); they’re fully built and wired for stereo, internet, heat, and more. Relax in the trees in luxury!
