Plans for Carl Turner Architect's Floating House -- designed for areas prone to flooding -- can be downloaded for free from the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpaperhouses.co%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Paperhouses website</a>.
Floating House by Carl Turner —
Plans for Carl Turner Architect's Floating House -- designed for areas prone to flooding -- can be downloaded for free from the Paperhouses website.
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Wikkelhouse, meaning "wrapped house" in Dutch, is a prefab home wrapped in layers of cardboard. Homes are priced from €25,000 ($26,473).
Wikkelhouse by Fiction Factory (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) —
Wikkelhouse, meaning "wrapped house" in Dutch, is a prefab home wrapped in layers of cardboard. Homes are priced from €25,000 ($26,473).
Courtesy Yvonne White
For the rural adventurer, there is the Tentsile Tree Tent -- an easily transportable bedroom that can be erected anywhere there are trees to anchor from.
Tentsile Tree Tents (London, UK) —
For the rural adventurer, there is the Tentsile Tree Tent -- an easily transportable bedroom that can be erected anywhere there are trees to anchor from.
Courtesy Andrew Walmsley
At the Manta Underwater Room, part of the Manta Resort, guests sleep in an underwater bedroom, where they can observe the passing sea creatures.
Manta Underwater Room by Mikael Genberg (Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania) —
At the Manta Underwater Room, part of the Manta Resort, guests sleep in an underwater bedroom, where they can observe the passing sea creatures.
Courtesy The Manta Resort
Animated Forest was one of Epic Retreats, a project in Wales that saw eight designer cabins that tour the Welsh countryside earlier this year.
Animated Forest by Francis & Arnett (South Snowdonia, Wales) —
Animated Forest was one of Epic Retreats, a project in Wales that saw eight designer cabins that tour the Welsh countryside earlier this year.
Courtesy Epic Retreats/Owen Howells
If you get close enough, you can look right through this renovated 1,200-square-foot home.
Portage Bay Floating Home by Ninebark (Seattle, Washington) —
If you get close enough, you can look right through this renovated 1,200-square-foot home.
Courtesy Aaron Leitz Photography
The Walking House, which is solar- and wind-powered, can move at its resident's command, thanks to its six hydraulic legs.
Walking House by N55 (Copenhagen, Denmark) —
The Walking House, which is solar- and wind-powered, can move at its resident's command, thanks to its six hydraulic legs.
Courtesy N55
<a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taschen.com%2Fpages%2Fen%2Fcatalogue%2Farchitecture%2Fall%2F04671%2Ffacts.nomadic_homes_architecture_on_the_move.htm" target="_blank" target="_blank">"Nomadic Homes: Architecture on the Move,"</a> published by Taschen, is out now.
"Nomadic Homes: Architecture on the Move," published by Taschen, is out now.
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