MetaFilter posts tagged with houses

Green Behind The Ears

Artw — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:46:26 -0800

What was the mysterious green backdrop behind John McCain last night? Was it an attempt to restart the Colbert/McCain Green Screen Challenge? The lawn of one of his houses? Or possibly just a screw-up?

Bigger than a breadbox.

dobbs — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:05:45 -0800

Tiny Houses - Design Boom compiles a nice list of tiny residences around the world.

Houses with a view

dersins — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:31:46 -0800

Photo gallery of houses in some pretty spectacular places. Some of these might be photoshopped (or not-- who knows...) but they're still pretty amazing to look at. Apparently from a German calendar.

solar chic

madamjujujive — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:33:29 -0800

The Solar Decathlon is a just-completed competition in which 20 teams of college and university students competed to design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house. View a photo gallery or take video tours of the homes. Inhabitat has been blogging the event - here's their view of Germany's winning entry. Note: There are links above each photo in the photo gallery that will bring you to details of the project and a link to the college or university's home site for each project. More coverage from Inhabit:

Second prize: University of Maryland’s Leaf House
University of Colorado Solar House
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
University of Cincinnati
2005 winning entry led to business launch: Cornell Zero Energy home

Unusual Homes. Amazing Architecture. Strange Places. Fascinating People.

dersins — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:44:58 -0800

Unusual Life Dot Com: Unusual Homes. Amazing Architecture. Strange Places. Fascinating People.

Future House Now

dobbs — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:56:59 -0800

"Future House Now is dedicated to exploring ideas about better living in family homes that are affordable, modern, efficient, healthy, environmentally responsible and available today."

A title's pointless. Who wouldn't click on a link called that?

dobbs — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:47:30 -0800

Architecture and the Velvet Fist of Happiness - click 'view the book" in the top left. {Flash, slight sound, NSFW}

Just paint and profit.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:42:09 -0800

Looking for a spacious home in a unique, quiet and safe location? It may be a fixer-upper, but buy now before the value skyrockets.

Small solutions for big problems

madamjujujive — Tue, 02 May 2006 18:54:22 -0800

The Katrina Cottage is economical, rather charming, and can serve as a "grow" house. At $35,000 for 308 sq ft, it compares favorably to the $75k FEMA trailer. Not a totally new idea - some of the 1906 earthquake refuge shacks are still in existence in San Francisco. Might tiny houses be the future for disaster relief? (via The Blues and Then Some)

Pimp my Hizzouse

XQUZYPHYR — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:27:03 -0800

HouseBlinger collects photos of Christmas-decorated homes all over England.