Green Options » Curry Stone Design Prize http://greenoptions.com/tag/curry-stone-design-prize Posts tagged 'Curry Stone Design Prize' Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:22:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Prizewinning Affordable Housing http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/10/02/prizewinning-affordable-housing/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/10/02/prizewinning-affordable-housing/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:22:43 +0000 Philip Proefrock http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/10/02/prizewinning-affordable-housing/ under construction (left) and completed (right) The contemporary looking building pictured here is not a high-end green building full of high tech features. Rather, it is a prizewinning affordable housing design for South Africa that costs significantly less than a new car. This is a house designed to provide affordable housing for very little cost: 50,000 South African rand (which is about US$ 6,000). And there are a lot of things to like about this design.

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