Canadian Tiny House Offers Solar-powered Small Living

Canadian Tiny House Offers Solar-powered Small Living

The Innisfree Anarres runs from a standard RV-style hookup but has solar panels on its roof to reduce its grid-based electricity usage. Alberta, Canada-based designer Teacup Tiny Homes also sought to offer efficient heating by installing a solar air heater on its...
Tiny House Designed Around a Family’s Needs

Tiny House Designed Around a Family’s Needs

Raising a family can be challenging enough in a large home, let alone a tiny house. Therefore, when commissioned to build a new model for a couple with two young kids, Build Tiny designed the Tiny Tāwharau around the needs of daily family life.The Tiny Tāwharau is...
Shipping Container Prefab Home is Bursting with Juxury

Shipping Container Prefab Home is Bursting with Juxury

Malibu architect Doug Burdge and builder Nate Garnero have come together to create a striking, off-grid ready tiny dwelling made from repurposed shipping containers. Dubbed Buhaus, the prefabricated unit is designed as an up-market guest house and it’s packed...
WSU Researchers Turn Waste into Construction Materials

WSU Researchers Turn Waste into Construction Materials

PULLMAN, Wash. — In the United States, more demolition and construction waste gets sent to the landfill than our everyday solid waste. According to researchers, the only way drywall gets recycled right now is for it to be turned into fertilizer. Because most of...
College of Engineering Design Builds Hope for a Lasting Seawal

College of Engineering Design Builds Hope for a Lasting Seawal

A section of new seawall in North Bay Village was cemented in place on Tuesday using novel building materials and a design from a College of Engineering graduate student. The community of North Bay Village took a step to protect its future on Tuesday by implementing a...
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