People are starting for looking unconventional resources as potential building materials. The company Japan Dome House Co., Ltd. has created an “easy to assemble” modular home building kit that uses Styrofoam as a basic material. It creates an igloo-shaped home.

Made of 100% expanded polystyrene foam, the Dome House can be called the habitat for the 21st century thanks to its numerous advantages.

The Dome House is rot-proof, water-proof and termite-proof, thermal insulated and also resistant to earthquakes and typhoons.

What is more interesting is that is possible to construct larger, elongated domes by adding more pieces to be connected into a single structure.

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Scullcave is a play hut for kids made from lightweight durable sensaten, a material used as isolation when laying the foundation of cemented roads.

In a few simple steps it can be unrolled or rolled. The nice looking play house will make your child happy and probably his friends will envy him.

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Featuring no axle, no screw, no spring or visible hinge, OneShot, designed by Patrick Jouin is a special chair.

Based on the power of gravity, a bunch of surfaces unfold to become a seat. The magic lies in the science of Selective Laser Sintering which allows the fabrication in just one shot of the seating surface.

Just put your fingers in it and when lift up, automatically folds to be taken everywhere with you.

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If you are worried that your new car is not safe parked outside you can always park it in your balcony.

How? Drive your car into a large lift which takes it up to your apartament balcony.

A glass wall will separate your high garage from your flat while friends and family will still have the possibility to appreciate your loved car.

CarLoft, the german company who came up this innovative way of parking will put it in practice in the near future in European cities like Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, and others.

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Inspired by yuris, tipis, and igloos, the designer John Paananen wanted to see if living in such a weird and unique “house” would work in our modern world. The construction temporarily existed at Cranbrook Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan for about 7 months.

To build it were used pvc siding, polypropylene sheeting, engineered timber, polycarbonate supports and building materials.

The dimensions are 16 feet tall and 18 feet in diameter.

This is what John said:

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