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Low-cost housing: page 2

  • Commenters think Kanye West's low-cost housing "doesn't look affordable"

    In this week's comments update, readers are critiquing Kanye West's latest prototype for his low-cost housing for the homeless and sharing their views on other top stories. More

    Karen Anderson | 14 July 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Kanye West reveals updated prototype of YZY shelters

    American musician, producer and designer Kanye West has revealed a photo showing that the latest prototype for his low-cost housing for the homeless is under construction. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 7 July 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Architecture grad makes affordable prefab homes from Hawaii's invasive trees

    University of Hawaii architecture graduate Joey Valenti has designed prefabricated and low-cost housing units made entirely from invasive albizia trees on the island of Oahu. More

    Paul Jebara | 28 December 2019 | Leave a comment
  • LOHA designs affordable housing complex for difficult site in Los Angeles

    American firm LOHA has unveiled plans for an affordable housing complex in Los Angeles, comprising stacks of shipping containers arranged on a triangular site near a busy highway interchange. More

    Jenna McKnight | 9 December 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Nest "toolkit" can be used to build homeless shelters and supportive housing

    California firms Brooks + Scarpa and Plant Prefab have unveiled a low-cost housing concept for fallow urban sites, which comprise prefabricated, modular units that can be arranged in various configurations. More

    Jenna McKnight | 28 October 2019 | Leave a comment
  • John Ronan creates affordable housing in Chicago with colourful balconies and a library

    A spectrum of vivid hues were incorporated throughout a mixed-use building in Chicago by John Ronan Architects that contains a public library at ground level and low-cost senior housing up above. More

    Jenna McKnight | 15 October 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Competition: win a book about affordable housing ideas from Bee Breeders

    In our latest competition, we've teamed up with architectural think-tank Bee Breeders to offer five readers the chance to win a copy of its publication addressing issues of affordable housing. More

    Semi Han | 11 September 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Zeller & Moye designs modular social housing concept Casa Hilo for rural Mexico

    This proposal for low-cost housing by Mexican studio Zeller & Moye features a simple module, made from concrete and adobe brick, that can be easily expanded according to residents' needs. More

    Kristine Klein | 28 August 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Experimental Mexican community contains social housing by Tatiana Bilbao and Frida Escobedo

    Tatiana Bilbao, Frida Escobedo and Fernanda Canales are among 32 architects and studios that have created low-cost housing designs as part of an innovative community development in Hidalgo, Mexico. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 23 August 2019 | Leave a comment
  • LOHA tops MLK1101 housing for Los Angeles' homeless with sloped green roof

    Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects has built social housing in Los Angeles featuring a green roof, herb garden, a community centre and retail spaces to foster wellness and community for those in need. More

    Bridget Cogley | 8 August 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Shipping-container micro homes with green roofs planned for UK

    Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects has obtained planning permission for a development of micro homes made from shipping containers with green roofs in Aylesbury, England. More

    India Block | 31 July 2019 | Leave a comment
  • SO-IL designs affordable housing for urban centre in growing Mexican city

    New York firm SO-IL has envisioned a six-storey, concrete apartment building for León, Mexico, which is meant to offer an alternative solution for the country's low-cost housing shortage. More

    Jenna McKnight | 29 July 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Kanye West is building Star Wars-themed housing for the homeless

    Kanye West's prefabricated affordable Yeezy Home units take inspiration from the Star Wars films and might be used as underground homeless housing. More

    India Block | 11 July 2019 | Leave a comment
  • IKEA is bringing its low-cost modular housing units to the UK

    Affordable developer BoKlok, which is co-owned by IKEA and Skanska, has signed a deal with Worthing council in West Sussex to build low-cost housing in the south of England. More

    India Block | 26 June 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Lianjie Wu designs affordable homes that are deliberately left unfinished

    The final instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series features a proposal by Bartlett graduate Lianjie Wu for affordable homes that are left unfinished, for residents to complete themselves. More

    Siufan Adey | 3 June 2019 | Leave a comment
  • TRS Studio envisions shipping containers as affordable housing in Peru

    Two shipping containers are joined together and topped by an angular polycarbonate extension in this conceptual design for low-cost housing by Peruvian firm TRS Studio. More

    James Brillon | 1 June 2019 | Leave a comment
  • OJT completes sculptural affordable housing in New Orleans

    American firm Office of Jonathan Tate has completed a cluster of sculptural white homes on an urban New Orleans site that are meant to attract buyers on a limited budget. More

    Jenna McKnight | 28 May 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Yves Béhar designs "world's first 3D-printed community" for Latin America

    Designer Yves Béhar has revealed plans to build 3D-printed houses for an impoverished farming community in Latin America. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 13 May 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Charles Cunniffe Architects completes affordable housing complex in Colorado ski town

    Tiny homes, an apartment building and a boarding house make up the Virginia Placer development, which Charles Cunniffe Architects has designed for a Rocky Mountain community in Colorado with a dearth of low-cost housing. More

    Jenna McKnight | 16 April 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Gus Wüstemann creates affordable apartment block almost entirely from concrete

    Concrete-lined living spaces extend out onto angular balconies at this low-cost housing block in Zurich, designed by locally based studio Gus Wüstemann. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 19 February 2019 | Leave a comment
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