Tuesday 17th November:
Canned housing
If pop art were to cross paths with prefab housing, the result might resemble this Warhol-esque prefab home. Designed by Austin + Mergold, A-House-In-A-Can is a single-family residence built in the round interior of a grain silo. Constructed with off-the-shelf components and clad with a prefabricated steel facade, this innovative prefab home design could be the answer to your farm-living, Warhol-loving dreams.
Grain silos aren’t difficult to source from farm supply companies and they’re both fairly sturdy and weather-proof. Made from galvanized corrugated steel (a little over 1/16″ thick), a grain silo could serve as a beefy, industrial-looking exterior for a home. Similar in concept to using a shipping container as the shell for a project, grain silo fabrication is easily and cheaply accomplished.
The House-In-A-Can home design utilises a 36-foot diameter grain silo and features three levels totaling 2,000 feet2 of living space. Two or three bedrooms can be located on the second level, with the living and dining space on the bottom. The top floor can be used as a deck, extended living space, or even a greenhouse. And multiple silos could be connected to each other to create larger homes or even an apartment block.
Ref. http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/11/10/prefab-friday-a-house-in-a-can/#more-65137
Tagged with: Building, Home, Sustainability
Wednesday 7th October:
Out with the old and in with the… old
Baileys Home Store is set in a series of interconnecting farm buildings on the A49 near Ross-on-Wye. They sell a delightful mixture of vintage and new, including furniture and home- and garden-ware. They also have a café, which is full of homemade cakes and unusual art objects. Everything Baileys does reflects their ‘repair, reuse, rethink’ philosophy. (cheers Mart for sharing your decorative tastes.)
Baileys also bring back unloved bits and pieces (small or large) that they find on their travels, and give them a new lease of life – it’s their version of recycling. So abandoned bobbins from old textile mills turn up on their shelves as egg timers, lamp bases or string holders, while scraps of floorboard become mirror frames, tables or even kitchen units.
‘They have the unique ability to see the potential of abandoned or unloved objects and give them exciting new life,’ says British design icon Terence Conran.
Ref. http://www.baileyshomeandgarden.com/index.php/
Tagged with: Fashion, Home, Sustainability
Tuesday 17th March:
How can you give your own four walls a more inspiring look?
Take some inspiration from Surface View, who can cover your walls with interior graphics that will make an extraordinary impact at home or at work. Take your pick from the National Gallery, the V&A, the Tate and more. (Thanks to big Kev in Elmwood Melbourne for this one.)
