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9 Modern Mobile Dwellings
July 10, 2014
From renovated Airstreams to futuristic cars, these roaming residences represent the past, present, and future of mobile living.
A renovated airstream serves as the greenroom for an Austin, Texas club. Located in a floodplain, the structure had to be movable in a case of emergency.
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Baldridge Architects
Originally appeared in Trailer Flash
A couple in Israel parked their rehabbed 1969 Airstream on an idyllic plot just north of Tel Aviv and added a single-room structure when they decided to take up permanent residence.
Originally appeared in An Airstream and Playroom by the Beach
Obsessed with mobility, modularity, and affordability, landscape designer Andreas Stavropoulos transformed an Airstream travel trailer into a bright, compact home.
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Originally appeared in The Airstream Life
Japanese architect Toshihiko Suzuki transformed a standard Airstream into a versatile small wonder by installing an island in the center that transforms from a cooktop and table into two twin beds.
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Sadamu Saito
Originally appeared in Hide and Sleep
Jay Shafer, founder of Four Lights Tiny House Company, manufactuers homes that are under 300 square feet. He envisions one day creating a whole trailer park community of these micro-dwellings in Sonoma County, California.
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Originally appeared in Micro-Dwellings Across America
A houseboat in Amsterdam incorporates large, low windows that provide expansive watery perspectives and rippling reflections. “In designing this houseboat, I tried to ensure that you experience the water as much as possible,” says architect David Keuring.
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Originally appeared in At the Elm
A native Seattleite turned a once-plain floating home in Portage Bay into a modern houseboat, which, thanks to two walls of clear glass windows, is entirely tuned in to its watery surroundings.
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Ninebark Studio
Originally appeared in A Renovated Boathouse on Seattle's Portage Bay
According to designer Garrett Finney, the Cricket House, with its pop-up top and convertible built-ins, is “not a house on wheels but a portable adventure living space.”
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Originally appeared in Modern NASA-Inspired Cricket Trailer
San Francisco–based design team Mike and Maaike wave goodbye to the driver's seat with their concept car, the ATNMBL (the "autonomobile"). Consider it a high-tech living room on wheels.
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Mike and Maaike
Originally appeared in Driving: Joy Ride
A renovated airstream serves as the greenroom for an Austin, Texas club. Located in a floodplain, the structure had to be movable in a case of emergency.
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