Thursday, September 17, 2009
The White House is allowing for extending an $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers.Spokesman Robert Gibbs says the administration's economic team is evaluate the tax credit's impact on new home sales and will make a recommendation to the president.
The federal tax credit covers up to 10 percent of the house price, or up to $8,000, for first-time buyers. Home sales must be complete by the end of November.
The tax break is credited with helping the number of U.S. home sales as increasing slowly. Builders and real estate agents say that trend could be reversed if the credit has not extended.
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Monday, September 7, 2009
A cave house is built in Missouri in place of an old concert venue (which was built in place of a presumably much older geographical feature), this 1580 square metre cave dwelling has three bedrooms and a surprising market price of about $US300,000.
A separate suite in the Hotel Costa Verde in Costa Rica, this repurposed 727 is quite possibly the most comfortably furnished commercial jet in the world.
Designed by a small Australian plan firm, this plastic-coated modular cardboard house is said to run about $US35, 000 in a kit, though it's not clear that any have ever been shipped. At any rate, cardboard house.
This one, called the Universal World House, just $US5000, and complete from recycled pulp materials.
This one has been done a few times, but the undisputed king of shipping container architecture has to be Adam Kalkin, whose massive aluminium container house is pictured at left.
Building homes out of mud, concrete and bottles isn't some kind of architectural experiment - this is a bona fide technique.
It's like the last one, apart from more eco-conscious/grosser. This one was devised by a Serbian Math professor, partly as a home, and partly as an environmental declaration.
Granted, the substructure on this thing is made of wood and metal, but the walls? All glass.
Another surprisingly ordinary construction technique, building with tyres actually makes a lot of sense: They stack well, they're expensive to recycle, and they suggest tons of room for stuffing with insulating materials.
This one's still under construction, but with the loving support of the whole internet behind it, not to mention James May, it will one day be glorious. posted
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