British architecture firm Studio Weave and collective Bruit du Frigo designed this beautiful raised shelter as part of the Les Refuges Périurbains project, which has installed similar shelters throughout the outskirts of Bordeaux, France. It’s available free of charge to anyone who wants to use it.
Tiny Houses
Thanks to improvements in 3D printing technology, we’re now at the point that we can click a mouse button and print a tiny house, in a similar way to how we print out documents. Using such technology, this amazing circular tiny house was built at a cost of just US$10,134.
Living in a cardboard box usually means you’ve fallen on hard times, but former theater company Fiction Factory hopes people will actually pay good money for the honor. The firm has unveiled an enviable cardboard tiny house named the Wikkelhouse that can be built in just one day.
The Tragata, by studio Hiboux Architecture, draws inspiration from huts used by Greek farmers during harvesting. What it lacks in amenities it makes up for with charm.
You may have had your own treehouse as a kid, but we bet it didn’t come with its own full-size skatebowl and suspension bridge. Writer and photographer Foster Huntington (the guy behind the #vanlife movement) relied on a little help from his friends to build this charming one-of-a-kind treehouse.
