Graham Hill, the founder of TreeHugger and LifeEdited, bought a 2.2-acre lot on Maui and built a four-bedroom house filled with transformable components and energy- and water-harvesting technologies.
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When Graham Hill began designing a house on Maui, he wanted more than a rustic surf shack.
“I wanted to see what it was like to live in the future,” he said. Over the past decade, Hill has built a couple of tiny shape-shifting Manhattan apartments with sliding walls and expandable furniture, each of which served as his primary residence and a proof-of-concept for potential business partners. But while he was attempting to solve the problems of urban living, Mr. Hill, an avid kitesurfer, would spend winters Off the Grid, on Maui —Article by TIM McKEOUGH via NYT
'Live-large in Small Spaces' LifeEdited shows that you can live large in a small home or apartment.
By applying smart concepts and technology, you can have a compelling, fulfilling life that allows you to live within your means financially and environmentally.
LifeEdited; a speciality consultant to homeowners, architects, and developers, helping them design compact apartments and homes that are financially smart. Residents get the lifestyle and functionality of a larger apartment/home but at a lower cost. All in a package that is greener and more social than most market offerings. You may have seen some of LifeEdited's work in the New York Times, Dwell, Fast Company, New Yorker, Fair Companies.
For Homeowners
Do you own an apartment or home that that needs to be smarter, greener, or more space efficient? Or are you about to buy one? Are you starting a family but want to stay in your existing small home? LifeEdited's design services can help.
'Design your life to include more money, health and happiness with less stuff, space and energy.'— LifeEdited!
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Yes, Your House Can be Too Big
Life can be good. Life can be easy.
The Downsizing Uprising.
Article by Katie Arnold via OutsideMagazine
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