This amazing video by architect Gordan Clarke is very enlightening and inspiring. Note the keywords in the title — Traditional Green Building. That’s a key concept often missing in today’s green building movement, where granite countertops are imported from Italy, exotic woods from far off jungles are turned into furniture, etc. to build high end ‘eco mansions’. In contrast, this video shows how simple, natural and affordable housing can be.
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Rent Only €0.88 a Year
Fuggerei is a social housing complex in Germany where you can rent a house for just under one Euro per year! Find out why the rent is so cheap and learn about the fascinating life of the man behind it all, Jakob Fugger.
$300 TINY ROOFTOP APARTMENT TOUR WITH POND, PATIO AND TERRACE
This tiny apartment has dozens of interesting space-saving features that could be used in any small home or tiny house. Note the outdoor clothes drying rack, accordian style screen doors, storage features, retractable range hood and laundry in the hallway. The glass bathroom door and clerestory windows with screens add extra light and cross ventilation. There’s even a water saving rain shower head that swivels out of the way. Not too many tiny houses/apartments have a fish pond and outdoor BBQ on the patio. Apparently the $300 also includes almost all utilities.
Our Traveling Tiny Home in North America
This stunning tiny house is designed to be on the move and will be traveling all over North America! Our visit to the USA has been incredible. We have formed incredible friendships and made memories that will last a life-time.
Awesome Mini Skoolie Built Into A Mancave
Nice little tiny house tour of a converted bus. He describes the theme of the interior as “reuse, reuse, reuse”. Everything is very simple and inexpensive.
WA maker turns skoolie, short-bus & container into home-office
Seven years ago, Jeremy and Mira Thompson quit their jobs and sold their suburban home to hit the road in a short-bus they’d converted into a mobile home. After a year on the road, they’d gone through their savings and were thinking about starting a family.