He built remote dome cabin amid freezing Siberian wilderness for $1K

November 19, 2023 john 21 37047 16:03

Bio-architect Alosha Lynov has experienced his own Tolstoyan Odyssey: interested in natural building, he taught himself to design and build shelters with materials and shapes inspired by Nature that resemble an Arctic version of Antoni Gaudí’s designs. Alosha pushes his version of eco-construction to the limits so his “buriable” shelters “can handle the harshest and…

She used commercial materials to build dream 2-story ADU for $30K

October 1, 2023 john 20 48485 21:27

Christi Acevedo has spent years machining metal to make furniture so when she wanted to build a fast, fire-resistant, easily-configurable backyard home, she created a prototype from insulated metal panels. “The furniture business gave me the skills for working at a scale that is half furniture half building,” she explains. In 2015 we filmed her…