Bamboo House For Flood Prone Area

An architect firm in Vietnam, H&P Architects came up with a prototype of bamboo house to withstand flood up to 3 meters. This vernacular structure used tightly packed rows of bamboo canes for the walls, floors and the roof. It's as green as a building can be i guess.

Source: deezeen.com

Modern Reclaimed Wood Furnitures

Using reclaimed woods as materials for your upcoming home makeover project not only automatically convert you into tree hugger, a lovely Koala bear but also brings you a few other advantages. Reclaimed woods often come from very old structures which were built from mature trees, means more dense grains, larger and stronger planks. Woods from old buildings naturally has been exposed over period of time, expanded and contracted constantly, it has fully dried out to make it more durable and less prone to warping and splitting. Last but not least, every section of the reclaimed woods has it's own unique character, never the same, just like your fingerprint.
So now just start looking for that perfect materials and here below a few pictures from successful projects.

Dreamy Cabin For Everyone

Vashon Island Cabin by Vandeventer + Carlander Architects

  

 

Ecological Prefab Housing by Monsa Publication

Amazing Adult Tree House Ideas