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Basic House Puts a Home in Your Pocket

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Basic House is a design from Barcelona designer Martin Azua. It couldn’t be more simple. It’s basically a lightweight balloon that you can carry with you in your pocket and use for shelter if you need it.…

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February 5th, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

Vagabond Zombie Shelter Keeps the Unwanted Undead Out

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Another year, another Zombie Safe House Competition. This entertaining annual contest seeks out the best ideas for protecting you from a zombie attack, and they recently revealed the winners for this year’s outing. This year’s winner: The Vagabond Mobile Safe House Device (or v.MSHD for short.)…

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November 20th, 2011 by: Technabob

Mushroom Cloud Treehouse is The Bomb

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I was one of those kids who incessantly and constantly begged my parents for a treehouse of my own. Unfortunately, I didn’t get it. My dad rattled off reason after reason, but mostly, he just said that he didn’t have time to build it for me when he knew that…

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September 16th, 2011 by: Hazel Chua

Mobile Building Can Travel by Land and by Water

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I know only a handful of people who still haven’t seen Up…. I think it’s one of the most creative, touching, and meaningful movies ever made (with a touch of quirkiness and a whole lot of cool on the side). One concept the movie unknowingly introduced to the world

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September 12th, 2011 by: Hazel Chua

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Famous Robie House Gets LEGO Treatment

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We love LEGO around here, and when you get to build real world stuff out of LEGO, I like it even better. I know nothing of architecture. Out of all the world’s architects, the only name I recognize and associate with specific designs is Frank Lloyd Wright.…

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September 4th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Awesome Pirate Theme Home Theater Has Pirate Tavern and More

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I like cool home theaters. The last time I mentioned a themed home theater it was Star Wars-themed and very cool. If you lean more towards the pirates of yore or Pirates of the Caribbean… for your tastes in film than science fiction, this pirate-themed theater should suit your

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June 6th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Tetanus will Kill you Before the Zombies do in this Shelter

I’m not sure what would be worse, being eaten by zombie hoards, or having to live in this shelter. Both of them will probably kill you but the zombies will do it faster than death by lockjaw. This armored house is bulletproof supposedly. That’s good because no one will be…

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December 18th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Tiny Tokyo House is Built in a Parking Space

All I know of Tokyo is what I learned from that episode of Seinfeld where Kramer had the three Japanese businessmen sleeping in his dresser. I know space is at a premium in the city and Tokyo is just about the opposite of Texas where we tend to have lots…

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November 17th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

The Daily Shelter Transforming Table: the Acrophobic’S Treehouse

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Designer Ingrid Brandth was inspired by her grandfather, “based many of his ideas on excitement, humor and secrets,”… to create this neat piece of furniture.

At first glance, it may look like the plainest of tables, but there is more to it than meets the eye…

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January 18th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

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