Ancient green building technique helps ease West Africa housing crisis
Semi-arid regions of Africa face unique obstacles in their efforts to address a growing housing crisis. For years...
Students use rice husks to build affordable homes in the Philippines
Rice husks used to be considered a waste product good for nothing but fire or landfills, but now enterprising companies...
Students design beautiful homes for mass-production at just $20,000 each
High-quality design and affordability don’t have to be mutually exclusive—just ask the architecture students...
Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan donate $3.6 million to stem SF housing crisis
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, are donating millions...
CargoTek taps shipping containers for affordable UK homes and offices
Shipping containers can be a great solution for creating temporary, easily transportable spaces. London-based company...
Eco-friendly Syrian refugee housing that anyone would love to call home
Building refugee housing often means fast construction at the expense of beauty and quality, but that doesn’t...
Affordable housing for disabled veterans marries wellness and sustainability in Los Angeles
Great architecture goes beyond building four walls—it’s about empowering individuals and building communities....
Six factories will supply the UK with 25,000 prefab houses every year
Population growth and a housing undersupply have created a housing crisis in the United Kingdom, but a new joint...
How Habitat for Humanity recycles the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree to build homes for those in need
[gallery_extend] We contacted Habitat for Humanity to get the full story behind what happened to the ghosts...
Seattle teens build mobile tiny homes for local homeless community
We love stories about youth channelling their ideals into life-changing projects, especially when there are tiny...
Why these floating dorms made from shipping containers are the future of cheap student housing
[gallery_extend] Copenhagen icon and world-renowned architect Bjarke Ingels designed the Urban Rigger...
Tiny new flat-packed off-grid homes offer affordable housing breakthrough
For 11 years, Australia's five major cities have been listed as "severely unaffordable" - making home ownership...
Arkansas university students designed this prefab cantilevering home for $136 per square foot
[gallery_extend] The modules were stacked perpendicular to one another, with the lower volume housing...
Prefab energy-smart home pops up in just one day
[gallery_extend] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWH-gkQ3i3k “The house was an experiment in providing...
Solar-powered Casa C is an affordable prefab home for a family of five
[gallery_extend] The house is located in Ziefen, a village near Basel, Switzerland. Instead of ordering...
