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The Ablitt House

Monday, March 12th, 2007

Carrie and I travelled through Santa Barbara recently, and absolutely loved the city. Real estate there is expensive as hell, though. So it’s only natural that someone would decide to build up.

The Ablitt Tower House is built on a 20×20 lot, using rebar construction typical of a skyscraper. It has its own website, chock full of photos. But the architect’s site also features the plans and model. He also builds huts.

Via the Small House Society, which we will be visiting again. It’s a gold mine.

A skyscraper in the favelas

Friday, March 9th, 2007

I’d love to see the ad for this place in Brazil:

COZY conv. one bedroom in up-and-coming neighborhood.  High ceilings, great mountain views, proximity to fine dining.  Pets: Ferrets and snakes OK.

I’m not sure how this is a huge advance for the green movement (and thus worthy of Treehugger) but it’s a helluva small house. Looks like the kind of thing that would arise from if the park-by-the-meter proposal below was extended to tax-by-the-frontage.

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