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Video: The Push-Button House in Action

by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA on 01. 4.08
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Artist/architect Adam Kalkin's Push-Button House first made a splash here in 2005, when it was just pretty pictures on a page; last year we spied it in New York, where it was installed as a temporary cafe. Now, CNN has picked up on it, so here it is, in moving pictures with sound.

Kalkin has some interesting things to say in the quick piece, but it's really worth watching to see the smooth folding action -- yep, it really works! via ::Haute*Nature

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Has anyone here made a container home. I am interested but i wonder if my county (Kauai) would allow this.

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