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Cobbleblock™ & Cobblewood™ Flooring: fabricated from antique beams, sliced cross-grain, sanded & triple oiled.  Also available in pine. Awesome.

Birger Juell, Ltd.

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Permanent Camping is a 3×3x6m ‘tower’ in the bush near Mudgee in New South Wales, Australia. It is clad in corrugated copper for protection against brush fires and harsh weather, with three folding sides (for shade and security), a sleeping loft and kitchen, and nearby is a copper-clad outhouse. Dig that water tank for rainwater runoff.

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Bottlestone, from the kids at Fireclay Tile in San Jose, CA. Cool.

Via Transmaterial

…over at Hewn and Hammered

Paul Stankey of HiveModular, along with family and friends, is building a storage barn using pallets from their pals at Loll Designs. The barn is to store materials for the Stankeys’ Rustic Reuse container cabin. What a great idea. See the blog for the story and more pics.

Recent photos of kt’s container cottage project have been posted at fabprefab.

Drawerment is a composition of drawers collected from old office furniture, set into MDF boxes and mounted on the wall.

Jaroslav Juřica for Demakersvan

Argentinian architects Adamo-Faiden have completed the renovation of a house in Buenos Aires that features an exterior clad in crushed glass bottles.

Via dezeen

Tieken designed and built this shop to blend with the surrounding prairie. He decided to use the footprint of his grandfather’s old cement works business. This locked him into a 2,500-sq.-ft. shop, so he had to be very cost conscious. To reduce costs, Tieken did the construction himself with help from family and friends, a process that took three years.

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Tieken designed and built this shop to blend with the surrounding prairie. He decided to use the footprint of his grandfather’s old cement works business. This locked him into a 2,500-sq.-ft. shop, so he had to be very cost conscious. To reduce costs, Tieken did the construction himself with help from family and friends, a process that took three years. Quote from Taunton Press site.

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Sweet bench made from concrete and reclaimed fir from an old pickle barrel. Love those big dovetails! Crafted by Eric Strong, a woodworker based in Ashland, Oregon, who specializes in one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture. Submitted by Shawn Busse

Alex at Shedworking spotted artist Lucas Kuy’s little floating retreat (for sale) and I was immediately struck by it’s resemblance to the Retreat, an 18′ Shanty Boat Deluxe, by William Atkin, one of America’s most famous small boat designers (see plans and a pic, below). I love these little buggers. Think: Tumbleweed Tiny Houses, except, these float…..

The kitchen is fabulous.

Amélie and John’s London Warehouse Conversion at AT:NY