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IKEA to Produce & Ship 10,000 Flat-Pack Emergency Shelters

With 40 test units created and deployed since 2013, IKEA is now ready to begin mass-producing its $1,000-per-unit temporary flat-pack house to destinations in need around the world. Much like ...

Vertical City Farming: Undulating Mixed-Use Urban Community

Designed to provide a spaces for public gardening as well as senior living, this hybrid complex has a rich array of green roofs, terraces and facades allowing for locally-grown produce as well as ...

Truck-A-Tecture: 2 Convertible Nomadic Dwellings on Wheels

With participating design studios from around America, this exhibition features a series of amazing mobile spaces that use technology and ingenuity to explore new possibilities for the modern ...

Rich Door, Poor Door: Segregated Entrances Spark Controversy

Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development has come under attack by critics for approving  building plans in NYC that include separate entrances for ...

No Exit: Dementia Village Dwellers Live in Alternate Reality

It sounds at first like the dystopian plot of Dark City or The Truman Show, with free-seeming residents unaware they are actually inhabitants of a closed community they cannot leave and  in ...

Error of Omission: 50-Floor Skyscraper Lacking an Elevator

Twin towers raising up the existing skyline and joined at the top - these were supposed to be a sign of recovery in a city and country ravaged by the global financial collapse. Instead, ...

Amphibious Architecture: Foundations Float Above Floods

Floodwaters rise, drench homes, then recede, leaving disaster in their wake - a temporary change renders many structures permanently uninhabitable. But what if houses could ride out the storms, ...

Origami Shelter: Instant Flat-Pack Architecture on Demand

Take a structure, strip away all of the non-essentials, and squeeze out every last unused bit of air space, and what do you get? Something a lot like a folded sheet of paper. This folding ...

Hotel on Wheels: Portable Room Travels the World With You

Cities all around the world have vast, empty spaces just going to waste - abandoned buildings, empty lots, decommissioned military barracks - but the Hotello wants to put those spaces to use. The ...

Transportable Tourist Towers Provide Stackable Housing

Prefabricated, portable and modular, the Transportable Tourist Tower (TTT) by Portuguese architect Jose Pequeno is an adaptable housing solution that can be installed on almost any site, ...

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