Saturday, September 18, 2010

More Cool Ideas for the Cabin

The stair slide and indoor climbing wall come from this article about an architect that built an eco-friendly/kid-friendly home. He also uses geothermal piping to heat his house.

This is an artists rendering of what neighborhoods would look like if we flipped the cement:greenery ratio with lots of green space and little brick buildings. Pretty cool. This is what I imagined a neighborhood of rammed earth housing with living roofs would look like. I'd love to have a living roof on the cabin.

I am in love with concrete floors. I don't know how well they work for real living (too cold or too hard to make...?) but they look awesome! Plus, you're not limited to the design or colors. We could go simple, traditional, crazy or fun!
Yes, this next one was made to look like a beach. You can see a starfish in the bottom right corner and the waves rolling up the beach on the left. SO AWESOME!

I've also thought it would be really neat to have a tree growing right through a house! I don't know if this will work for a rammed earth cabin, but the concept is pretty cool...


Anyway, those are some ideas I've been thinking about.