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Ultra Cool: 3D Printed Bricks Can Cool Homes Using No Power

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 10:00 AM PST

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Evaporative cooling is a technique that has been used for millennia to cool spaces without the need for electricity or special equipment. In fact, all it takes is a porous container such as a terracotta pot, some water, and a bit of a breeze. Designers Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello want to bring the idea of evaporative cooling into the present day with a 3D printed porous brick that can cool a home with no need for air conditioning. Read more…

Floating Pizzeria: Tiny Sailboat Home Doubles as a Restaurant

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:00 PM PST

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If steering your boat across crystal-clear waters in the Caribbean to purchase piping-hot New York pizza from the window of a tiny floating home isn't living the good life, we're not sure what is. The inside of this sailboat is part pizzeria, part compact abode for the owners, decked out with everything you'd expect in a pizza kitchen. Read more…

Casa Caja: Low-Cost Concrete House Designed to DIY

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 01:30 PM PST

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This simple house composed of donated, low-cost materials offers a template for affordable homes that can be designed and built by their owners with support from a local non-profit social housing project. Casa Caja by architecture office S-AR was built outside Monterrey, Mexico as the first in a series planned by the Comunidad Vivex program. The program addresses a shortage of quality, affordable housing in Mexico, finding solutions for low-income construction workers who can't pay for homes with money but are capable of building them. Read more…

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