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Toquilla House in Ecuador

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As a result of 2016 earthquake the 80 families who lived on the island of Portete, Ecuador were displaced to the mainland without any appropriate housing for the thermal conditions in the area. The first housing prototype Casa Toquilla M has 755 sq. is a house to accommodate up to 8 people, and cost $16,000.

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Larch is Featured in this Japanese Tiny House

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The prototype building, which measures just under 10 square meters (107 square feet), can adapt to a variety of functions, from a small mobile store to a tiny house, and can be custom made to order. You can read the original article at inhabitat.com. A twisted asphalt shingle roof tops off the building.

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Reviving Mud Architecture in India

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Even today, more than 65 million of about 118 million houses in the country are made of mud. A 47-year-old architect is looking to change our notions about mud housing. Mud architecture is associated with deprivation and poverty, while concrete is considered a symbol of upward mobility and modernity.

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Sustainability at Queen’s University in Canada

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Moore models sustainability through his own lifestyle, living in an earth-sheltered house in Tamworth, facing the Salmon River. In Moore’s house, natural light seeps into each room from windows facing the south side of the house. Reducing demand means having smaller houses, fewer vehicles, and less stuff. “We

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Australian Couple Rebuild with Earthbags

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In February this year Claude Carter and his wife Andrea Pindan suffered the loss of their temporary mobile home to a tornado. Just three years earlier their previous house had burned to the ground. “When that storm came I was running around here, there was water laying all around, and the only safe place was to run to this house.

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Introducing ClearSky Smart Fleet™ from JLG®

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That means everyone who uses ClearSky Smart Fleet will get support from JLG’s in-house team – the kind of support I’d expect as a customer. Another compelling reason for developing ClearSky Smart Fleet on our own is that the type of equipment JLG manufactures, sells and supports is very specialized. What do you do with that info?

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Marketing Industrialized Construction to Consumers

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Here’s how (and why) to target consumers with clear messaging about factory-built housing. RELATED: MORE 2022 HOUSING GIANTS ARTICLES AND DATA. Housing Giants 2022: What Now? The Housing Industry Post-Pandemic. 2022 Housing Giants List: U.S. 2022 Housing Giants rankings by housing type and region.