$86,000 solar-powered tiny home rotates to face the sun
More homeowners are investing in solar panels as a more environmentally (and budget) friendly energy source. But solar panels work best when the sun shines directly on them, which means they’re only...
View ArticleThe patent bubble is ready to pop
I’m certainly not going to win any popularity contests for writing this article. The last thing anybody wants to talk about after a presidential election is a patent bubble. After all, most of us...
View ArticleFirst 3D printed house in Russia for $10,000
As we start to 3D-print everything — including houses, of all things — it’s pretty impressive that a company built one in just 24 hours. Located in Russia, this 400-square-foot home (37 square meters)...
View ArticleHome Smart Home: The Shape Of Things To Come
A new report predicts intelligent ‘Cognitive Homes’ of the future will be able to assess and manage our needs and desires in later life. Almost 32 million people will be aged 60 or over in the UK by...
View ArticleThe Jetsons’ world of 3D print
When I was a kid I always wondered about how cool it would be if we could live in the world of the popular American animated sitcom The Jetsons. The show aired from 1962 to 1963, but the cartoon was...
View ArticleSolving the housing crisis with cheap backyard ‘granny flats’
A startup out of Los Angeles, California, wants to bring small, pre-fabricated living spaces into the backyards of the country’s hottest real estate markets. The homes range in size from 300 to 1,200...
View ArticleAirbnb now has more listings worldwide than the top five hotel brands combined
Airbnb has reached a new milestone: 4 million listings worldwide. The San Francisco-based startup now offers listings in 191 countries, and its total number of listings is higher than the top five...
View ArticleCorporations are killing suburban office parks, so people have started living...
The traditional suburban office park — a cluster of homogeneous, cubicle-filled buildings surrounded by large parking lots and highways — is dying in the US. As more corporations flock to cities, they...
View ArticleAmerica’s great renter boom is over
The foreclosure crisis dumped a lot of high earners who have traditionally bought homes into the rental market. Rapidly rebounding housing markets, with skyrocketing home prices in big cities, kept...
View ArticleHong Kong is so expensive that architects are building 100-square-foot ‘tube...
For the past seven years, Hong Kong has held the title of the world’s priciest city for homebuyers, according to the Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey. James Law, a Hong Kong-based...
View Article8 incredible innovations helping homeless people around the world
Homelessness is widespread and hard to solve, affecting more than 560,000 people in the U.S. and hundreds of millions around the world. It’s a complex and intractable problem, with countless agencies...
View ArticleThis $10,000 3D printed house can be built in 24 hours and is bigger than a...
One of the less obvious products being unveiled this week at SXSW is a small concrete house. On the outside, it doesn’t look like anything particularly special, although the covered patio and spacious...
View ArticleThis data startup uses artificial intelligence to figure out if your roof is...
When you first buy a house, your insurance company doesn’t know very much about it or how much insuring it will cost. That’s because it first has to send out an inspector to look at the exterior of...
View ArticleThis new 3D-printed house was built by a portable robot in just 48 hours
There are a lot of 3D-printed houses popping up these days, but this is the first time an architect with the renown of Massimiliano Locatelli of CLS Architetti and Arup has tackled one. Built out of a...
View Article3D concrete printing market – the biggest trends to watch in the near future
3D Concrete Printing Market – The Biggest Trends to Watch out for in Near Future 2024 3D concrete printing is a technologically advanced and innovative method used for constructing predesigned building...
View ArticleDesigned for a community of tech elites, these tiny homes are 3D printed, run...
A 609-acre California coastal community, Walden Monterey, serves as a respite for those needing to recharge their batteries — especially the region’s leaders in tech. The enclave’s founder, Nick...
View ArticleWellness real estate has blossomed into a $134 billion industry worldwide-...
From personalized wellness programs to fitness-focused apps, luxury homes are focusing on making residents feel better It’s the non-stop pace of our digital lives. An increasingly isolated and aging...
View ArticleWith construction workers scarce, homebuilders turn to robots, software
BALTIMORE – The construction of an American house embodies the spirit of the nation’s workers and the dreams of its citizens. It’s also perhaps the least-efficient endeavor in the U.S. economy. Dozens...
View ArticleGoogle is building a city of the future in Toronto. Would anyone want to live...
It could be the coolest new neighborhood on the planet—or a peek into the Orwellian metropolis that knows everything you did last night. TORONTO—Even with a chilly mid-May breeze blowing off Lake...
View ArticleInside a $1 Billion real estate company operating entirely in VR
Born during the aftermath of the financial meltdown a decade ago, a publicly-traded real estate brokerage called eXp Realty is establishing itself as one of the brightest rising companies in its...
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