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Architect Jiri Lev’s home is a prototype for forward-looking architecture that could make a positive societal impact in Australia.

Our notebooks were littered with tearsheets and pull-quotes about design and architecture. This one resonated deeply. It wasn't just a search for a bigger home it was a quest for smarter, better design spaces.

Madison points out that the pod concept would make it easy to add an extension if necessary. “We see it as a house that can grow with us—and that we can pay for as we go along.”

While they may resemble shipping containers, the pods are actually built of wood and clad in corrugated steel.

The deck is constructed from standard, treated 2x6s from the hardware store. The oak tree in the center of the deck provides the family with shade and cooler temperatures through the humid summers, and protects from the rain as well.

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A striking example of adaptive reuse, the three-bedroom home designed by local firm C2 Architecture comes with 15-foot-tall ceilings, handcrafted millwork, and multiple private patios.

The client requested a porch, so Givone built one with columns made of anodized aluminum, the same material used in the siding of the addition, and stainless steel cables. "Even though it's a traditional, covered porch, it has very modern materials," he says.

A central "street" runs through the development and affords the feeling of a micro-neighborhood with the recessed front entrances of each home connecting to the communal path.

Teens moved into the first three tiny homes this weekend at Pivot’s Tiny Home Community in Oklahoma City. The 12-acre property has room enough for a total of 85 homes, and there’s a waiting list for when the next units are built.

Remarkable for its walls of triple-glazed glass, Snorre Stinessen Architecture’s Ejford Cabin straddles two stone ridges on northern Norway’s Hallvardøy Island. Perched on a concrete slab, it intentionally capitalizes upon passive solar conditions and features thick insulation to minimize energy output.

At 500 square feet, ICON’s stylish new structure was 3D-printed over the course of several days—but it only took 27 hours of labor to construct. The building will serve as a welcome center at Austin’s new Community First! Village—a 51-acre development that will provide affordable housing to men and women coming out of chronic homelessness. Six new 3D-printed homes will be added to the village by the end of this year—and ICON says that they can be built at significantly less cost than conventional homes.

Generations of family have lived on this wooded, waterfront site, where architect Will Randolph has built a weekend getaway for less than $70,000.