Hot Air. In NYC developers can buy, transfer, and build on "invisible land" i.e air rights. For more square feet and, above all, to own and sell a view.
NYT> http://tinyurl.com/actbbvj
Friday, March 1, 2013
Invisible Land Is Hot Air
Hot Air. In NYC developers can buy, transfer, and build on "invisible land" i.e air rights. For more square feet and, above all, to own and sell a view.
NYT> http://tinyurl.com/actbbvj
How Big is Too Big?
Is 925 square feet too big? Canadian house looks much bigger than it really is. And it is self-sufficient.
Details at dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/b7vv8ob
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Prison Into Hotel
Van der Valk Hotel The Judgment House in exotic Roermond, Netherlands, is an 1891 jailhouse converted into a hotel. Wish we could do that in U.S. But can't because we have the world's largest number of prisoners.
Via inhabitat > http://www.hetarresthuis.nl/nl/home
Portable Tourist Towers?
One of these portable tourist towers might work well as a quest house or a retreat, right?
Pix/txt at designboom> http://tinyurl.com/a67ybh7
Urban Campsite in Brooklyn
Bivoac --- urban rooftop campsite. Architizer finalist.
Details on architizer> http://tinyurl.com/bcyunht
Micro-Housing in the Big Apple
My new essay on Artsjournal.com --- "Roomers: Micro-Housing in the Big Apple." Could you live in 300 square feet? It's likely your children will have to.
On artsjournal.com: http://tinyurl.com/ak84t6e
Micro-Apts in Malls?
Providence RI Arcade (1828), first U.S. indoor shopping mall, will now sport micro-apartments. Will mega-malls and Tanger outlets follow suit? Some already have hotel rooms for exhausted shoppers.
Details at inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/alyswm9
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