Friday, November 20, 2009

The Grow Home

"Big houses may someday look as outdated and impractical as big cars, for many of the same reasons." -Witold Rybczynski

In reference to an email that a classmate, and friend, sent to me, it was brought to my attention that Grow Homes, which was an experiment of McGill University, back in 1990, are now becoming more popular. These homes are about 1000 sq. ft. in size, and are about $60,000 once you consider lot costs, etc.

I think these arent only good for pricing, but also this means less area required to clear-cut forests for these small homes.

Here is the link for anyone who is interested.

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/91feb/9102house3.htm

1 comment:

Geographic Sciences said...

It is so true Michael, do we really need all this living space? The size of our home is relative to the amount of stuff we have and a need to store it.