Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Hip Shed accepted in Design Contest


Nick Huston's ICE PLANT SHELTER, designed specifically with the VITRUVIAN Green Building System in mind, has been accepted into the DESIGN IT: SHELTER competition.

Learn more about the contest at Guggenheim.org

Friday, July 17, 2009

Foam Swimming Pools?


Why not? Vitruvian is building the first ever (at least to us) Hyper-Insulated Swimming Pool. Think about it... Wouldn't you want to keep your pool warm from the cool earth? Like your house, do you really want to pay to heat the thing if you don't have to? If enough people get interested, we may entertain building more of these so let us know: info@vitruvianbuilt.com

Vitruvian Hip Shed enters design contest!

Google has challenged designers to build a 3d model of... well, one of our Hip Sheds basically. So here's my entry:

Please rate and comment as you see fit.
Thanks and please enjoy,
Nicholas