Seattle design covers ugly highway with an elevated park and affordable housing
[gallery_extend] "This space is just so underutilized," says architect Christopher Patano, director...
Périphériques' affordable housing proposal reinvents Paris through "crowd building"
[gallery_extend] The French architects designed the proposal for a plot in the Paris Rive Gauche urban...
1180 Fourth Street is an uber green housing development for low-income families in San Francisco
[gallery_extend] The design team decided to break up the six-story building and emphasize the variouscommon...
Affordable shipping container village can pop up almost anywhere in the world
[gallery_extend] Designed as “an answer to global housing challenges” and “the circular economy,”...
Prefabricated Arched Cabins can provide a warm home for under $10,000
[gallery_extend] A standard kit comes complete with floor plates, ribs, a ridge beam, R13 insulation...
Parasitic prefabs mounted atop buildings create affordable green housing in Paris
[gallery_extend] The parasitic 3BOX structures are possible thanks to the new ALUR law, which promotes...
Affordable starter homes are popping up on oddly shaped lots in New Orleans
[gallery_extend] Unlike the approach taken by most U.S. housing developers, Tate and Rutledge seek out...
‘Poor door’ just the beginning of disparate living conditions at 50 Riverside, say lower-income residents
Despite community outrage and even the mayor's pledge to end “poor door” practices in NYC, the unequal living...
Tiny home suburbs are coming soon to Colorado
Minimum size restrictions have long been a thorn in the side of tiny home advocates. So when Walsenburg, Colorado,...
Mayor de Blasio breaks ground on phase II of Hunter's Point South affordable housing project and 11-acre waterfront park
This week Mayor de Blasio broke ground on the second phase of the Hunter's Point South project located along Long...
OBBA built this affordable 538-square-feet daylit house in Seoul for a newlywed couple and their cats
[gallery_extend] The 50m2 house is located in a shanty neighborhood at the entrance of the Gaemimaeul,...
Tatiana Bilbao tackles Mexico's affordable housing shortage with a flexible modular prototype
[gallery_extend] The project was presented at the Chicago Architecture Biennial, which focused on the...
New 3D house printer cranks out 1,000 square feet a day
Though still in its early stages of development, 3D printing promises to fundamentally change the way objects of...
East Harlem celebrates opening of vibrant LEED Gold-seeking Center for Living and Learning
[gallery_extend] Located at the Washington Houses, the 143,000-square-foot multifamily development comprises...
The Nest home is a solar-powered prefab made from recycled shipping containers
[gallery_extend] The Nest Home was designed to accommodate a growing family. It offers both private...
