Facebook on Tuesday announced that they will be contributing about $1 billion to help address the affordable housing crisis in California, and other communities. The social media giant has partnered with California Governor Gavin Newsom and the State of California ...
The future of housing is gradually shifting to prefab homes. They are getting popular as they are stylish and relatively cheap when compared to standard concrete homes. With the continuous advancement in construction technology, it has also become possible to ...
Aiming to provide affordable housing for the homeless, Los Angeles-based architect Brooks + Scarpa and home builder company Plant Prefab have collaborated to create Nest toolkit, which is a multifamily housing solution. The kit-of-parts style of Nest toolkit is a ...
Paris-based Cutwork architecture and design studio has come up with Cortex Shelter, a flat-pack, just-add-water refugee shelter that can be built in a single day. The project is being conceived as a long-term housing solution that is secure, affordable and ...
S-Squared 3D Printers Inc. (SQ3D), a 3D printer manufacturer based out of Long Island, New York has branched out to SQ4D, which is focused on revolutionizing the housing and construction industries. SQ4D has developed the Autonomous Robotic Construction System (ARCS), ...
The famous Kanye West plans entry into the architectural business with his first project for the homeless. Through the project, West intends to bridge the gap between classes – the rich, middle class and the poor. Under the project, he ...
Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of Swedish furnishing retailer IKEA together with the construction company Skanska conceptualized the BoKlok affordable modular housing concept in the 1990s. Giving life to the vision, the collaboration has entered an agreement with Worthing Borough Council ...
Shipping container architecture is a popular trend that seems to have pushed through in the past few years. From shipping container hotels to small homes and repurposed swimming pools, we have seen a number of examples of how these large ...
Starting out from the US, tiny house movement has come a long way, gradually spreading throughout the world with Europe being no exception. Bruno Thiéry is seemingly handling the French tiny house movement all by himself, he runs a tiny house company ...
High cost of traditional housing in Seattle piloted Julianna Carlson, a Delridge resident to build a shipping container home as her first home. Despite any previous architectural understanding, she sketched out her own two-story home and achieved the design with six shipping ...
