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Efficient Garden Prefab with Green Roof

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 08.16.07
Design & Architecture (prefab)

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It is too bad that Detroit's Kelsey-Hayes Corporation is no longer around; they had something going with their prefab shelters in 1963. We like this one's multifunction space with efficient storage under the beds. The green roof will keep it cool and inconspicuous.

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We often talk about how we need to increase the population density of our suburbs; perhaps this is the answer: complete, self-sufficient, soundproofed little basement apartments. Fireproof, in case your landlord stores jerrycans full of gasoline nearby. With separate ventilation so that you can smoke away without disturbing the people upstairs. What efficient use of space.

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Scrabble. Radio. Lots to read and eat. I can't understand why they don't look happy. ::Flikr set via ::BoingBoing

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Very droll and apropos take on this, coming right after Nagasaki Day. American ingenuity and resourcefulness, though perhaps not at its finest. Makes you think about all the ways that underground living can be accomplished, and why.

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