| USC Upstate Alumni’s Company To Be Featured On HGTV
Spartanburg, S.C. - This spring, drivers on Interstate 26 just west of Spartanburg near Campobello, S.C., have been watching the earth moving equipment and pre-construction activity occurring next to Blue Ridge Log Cabins, manufacturer of factory-built, modular, log cabin homes. The company, owned by Milton A. “Chip" Smith, a 1978 USC Upstate graduate, has also caught the attention of Home and Garden Television (HGTV). “Amazing Log Homes," a special HGTV presentation, will air on Sunday, April 29 at 9:00 p.m. and Monday, April 30 at 1:00 a.m. and focuses on alternative log home construction companies that produce high quality, affordably-priced homes in half the time as traditional site-built log homes which typically take a year to build. “There's nothing old-fashioned about 21st century log homes! The quintessential American construction method is blended with the latest trends and technology to create log homes that are larger and more luxurious than ever," according to HGTV's Web site.
Ikea Prefab Housing: The Instruction Manual is Four Pages Long
While I'm not sure if they're including a hex key and cheap screws with these houses, it's an idea whose time has come. Looking around right now I notice almost 90% of our furniture is from Ikea and, if given the land mass, I'd build and install one of these BoKlok housing cubes in a second. Unfortunately, you don't pick these up out in Elizabeth, New Jersey and install them on top of your co-op. Instead, Ikea is selling these custom apartments for about $200,000 in the UK. The homes are almost completely pre-fabricated and each block gets an apple tree — something the whole block can take care of, apparently. Want one? Enter the UK Ikea lottery. The houses are meant for folks making $30,000 to $60,000 and there's no word on U.S. availability. Bummer. Welcome to Ikeatown [Guardian via BoingBoing tr { border: 0px } td { cellborder: 10px} table { border: 1px solid black } This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 at 6:24 pm and is filed under housing, ikea, boklok, future.
Pakistan, where ancient ruins are fast vanishing
LAHORE, Pakistan, (Reuters) - Many Pakistani archaeological sites from its thousands of years of rich history are crumbling away as officials tussle over who should look after them. A cradle of ancient civilizations and crossroads of Greek, Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim cultures, Pakistan has a treasure-trove of ruins but many are being built over, pilfered by art thieves and villagers or succumbing to the elements. .
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