Kit homes Modular homes out of a kit go back over 100 yrs. Sears, Roebuck & Co sold >70,000 home kits from 1908 to 1940. Construction has changed far less by technology in the UK & US than other major industries. Europe is ahead. Where we want to build housing quickly near jobs, change is…
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Yurt Many uses for Western hi-tech yurts – housing, classrooms, dining spaces, holiday! 2018: UK £2.5bn ($3bn) spent on camping/caravan trips, highest since 2012. 2017: UK – 14.7m nights in tents, 1.3m nights in alternatives like yurts. US – 41.8m people camped, some in their own backyard. Yurts covered in felt/skins used by Central Asian…
Urban More than 1/2 the world’s population now lives in urban areas. Will rise to 2/3rds by 2050. But cities won’t achieve their economic potential unless they solve air pollution, navigation, housing shortage & noise. In city-life utopia, robots sit in traffic, rents are low & electric motor whirrs are the loudest sound Guessed the Word?…