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Biokabin: our modular eco-home to snap & build in backyard, Nature

Biokabin: our modular eco-home to snap & build in backyard, Nature

March 31, 2024 john 19 57099 42:27

People have asked us over the years, “if you were to build a simple home what would it look like”. So we decided to build one. Enter Biokabin, a modular eco-home made of wood. At first we didn’t know everything about it, but we were sure that house needed to belong to the place, to…

Zen forest house: 11K, handcrafted, small home in Oregon

Zen forest house: 11K, handcrafted, small home in Oregon

October 19, 2014 john 1 32

Brian Schulz wanted to see “how small of a house I could make feel big”. Inspired by the traditional Japanese minka homes that rely on local materials and steeply sloped roofs to create affordable, open structures, Schulz created a home using materials salvaged or sourced from within 10 miles of his home. The result is…