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![](http://www.worldhouseinfo.com/blogs/uploaded_images/Houseimg1-776990.jpg) 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.
![](http://www.worldhouseinfo.com/blogs/uploaded_images/Houseimg2-740577.jpg) 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.
![](http://www.worldhouseinfo.com/blogs/uploaded_images/Houseimg3-700731.jpg) 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. ![](http://www.worldhouseinfo.com/blogs/uploaded_images/Houseimg4-734347.jpg) This one, called the Universal World House, just $US5000, and complete from recycled pulp materials. ![](http://www.worldhouseinfo.com/blogs/uploaded_images/Houseimg5-797264.jpg) 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.
![](http://www.worldhouseinfo.com/blogs/uploaded_images/Houseimg6-742552.jpg) Building homes out of mud, concrete and bottles isn't some kind of architectural experiment - this is a bona fide technique.
![](http://www.worldhouseinfo.com/blogs/uploaded_images/Houseimg7-704430.jpg) 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.
![](http://www.worldhouseinfo.com/blogs/uploaded_images/Houseimg9-705977.jpg) 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.
![](http://www.worldhouseinfo.com/blogs/uploaded_images/Houseimg10-737840.jpg) 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.
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