DailyDirt: Oh, Give Me A Home...

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Wed, Aug 3rd 2011 5:00pm — Michael Ho

The housing market has obviously seen better times, but if you're willing to live in some small spaces, there are some creative housing designs out there. Here are just a few unique floor plans that your real estate agent probably won't show you.

Some people figuratively say that they live at the mall, but some folks do it literally. It's art.. or something like that. [url]
There's a really thin triangular-shaped house in Warsaw that's less than 30 inches wide at one point. [Insert tasteless joke here.] [url]
HummerHaus is a somewhat plausible way to recycle 8 Hummers into an interesting living space. Too bad it's not a mobile home, nor eligible for a farm equipment tax exemption... [url]
If you're looking for more architecture projects, check out what's currently floating around the StumbleUpon universe. [url]

By the way, StumbleUpon can recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.

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Filed Under: architecture, housing, hummerhaus, real estate

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Jus Chillin, 3 Aug 2011 @ 5:41pm

[Insert (redacted) joke here.]
HaHa
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Just John (profile), 3 Aug 2011 @ 10:56pm

Actually, one I really liked was the "Transformer house".
Here is one from Hong Kong:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg9qnWg9kak

Wish I could find the one again in France...
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- Michael Ho (profile), 4 Aug 2011 @ 2:04pm
  
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  That guy's apt reminds me of a library.. and he has to be really organized and clutter-free. And hopefully, he doesn't frequently need something that he's stored in a "back layer" of his apt...
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Andrew D. Todd, 4 Aug 2011 @ 5:32am

Real Living At The Mall
You might take a look at the University of Alberta's Housing Union Building (1972).

http://www.bartonmyers.com/hub_02.htm
http://www.canadianarchitect.com/news/hubbub/1000166876/

This is effectively a mall (functioning partly as a student union) with several upstairs floors of apartments over the shops. The architect, Barton Myers, is, unfortunately, a modern architect, which meant that he didn't go in for things like balconies and porches.
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