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New homes in America are a lot bigger than they used to be. In fact since 1950 they've doubled in size, to an average about 2,500-square feet per home. And a bigger home generally uses more energy. So one college professor is attempting to trash some of our ideas about home ownership, by sleeping in a six-by-six-foot dumpster.
[...] this month, Wilson moved into a sanitized recycling dumpster on the Austin, Texas, campus of Huston-Tillotson University.
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[AC-CA] recently announced the results of their [SYDNEY] Container Vacation House competition. Entrants had to design a waterfront vacation house on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia using only a freight container. — bustler.net
Out of 307 proposals, the jury chose three winners:1st prize (US$3,500): Ales Javurek, Czech Republic (see cover pic)2nd prize (US$1,700): Eunjin Koh and Jonghyun Kim, South Korea3rd prize (US$800): Andrew Nicolle and James Moulder, AustraliaImages courtesy of [AC-CA]. View full entry
For the second consecutive year, Portuguese design office AND-RÉ has won the Iberian Urban Equipment Prize - Larus/Architectures, this year in the category Urban Furniture with "PACMAN", a captivating design that sets out to change the mindset of citizens in their relation with recycling. In 2011, the office won the award in the Lighting Design category with the "Verso" lighting system. — bustler.net
