Keeping It Weird (Austin Designers)

These initiatives on state ballots will decide questions about rent control, property tax, and urban development.

The locally sourced reclaimed wooden wall and moss sign by Articulture bring the outdoors inside in Techspace Austin's office.

The Schulman yurt fits three adults with a queen bed and a pull-away bed. It comes with heating and bath essentials.

Architect Burton Baldridge donated his services to Casis Elementary—his daughter’s large public school in Austin, Texas—to design and build an outdoor classroom that would augment an organic gardening program.

Blair McCary addresses the crowd at SXSW Eco. Bill Reed and Paula Vaughan are seated.

With little to no permitting required because of its small size, Sett Studio units can be used for an extra bedroom, a yoga studio, a hydroponics growing area or an office space, like this 96-square-foot one shown here.

Lauren Dolinsky’s petite flower shop is cozily housed in a renovated Airstream she found on Craigslist.

Photo courtesy of Dark Rye.