Why Is This Quirky House By Swedish Architect Tommy Carlsson Called The Happy Cheap House When Sadly It Seems So Expensive...

It's quirky, it could be fun but why this house
by the well known Swedish architect Tommy Carlsson is called a happy cheap house is not apparent. Sadly to me the prefabricated minimalist, corrugated clad house that looks like a cube after some major cosmetic surgery, seems so expensive.
But it does have some wonderfully practical and simple design features.
Like the water collection gutters, the small ventilation openings and the main entrance with its clever all-weather covering.
And plywood and corrugated iron are very good construction materials.
The house has been developed as a prototype for the low cost and space efficient prefabricated house market that is seen in Sweden.
But the costs seem expensive at E170,000 for a 110 sq metre house.
In the US, allowing for currency variations, the house would be around $180,000 and in New Zealand's currency it might be around $360,000.
I've been wrong before and once I was mistaken.
Perhaps it is a happy cheap house after all... 

A Very Simple, Very Clever Vegetable Nursery In Vietnam Made From Bamboo And Recycled Soda Bottles...

Bamboo is a simply wonderful natural material that has more uses than you can shake a stick at and recycled soda bottles have become  much more valuable second time around than they were with the stuff they originally packaged.
As part of their commitment to promote green living habits in Vietnam, the 1+1>2 International Architecture Company partnered with the Vietnamese Action In The City to create this wonderful little vegetable nursery, a greenhouse, made from bamboo and over two thousand recycled plastic soda bottles.
There's more to know about the project here.
Apart from its function as a greenhouse, the little structure is a place where local children can learn about their particular ecosystem.
It's an interesting collaboration between the governments of Vietnam and Ireland to better support citizens in the South East Asian country.
And you could even create one yourself...