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Open Call: International Housing Competition - Straw Bale Eco House.

COMPETITION NAME: Straw Bale Ecological House.

LOCATION: El Clavín estate, a housing development only 5 minutes drive from the city of Guadalajara, Spain.

ELIGIBILITY: Architects and architecture students, construction and design professionals

SUMMARY:
Abouthaus is a training and service platform for people who are building their own house. One of our main services is organizing international housing contests.

OBJECTIVE OF THE COMPETITION:

The Straw Bale Ecological House competition is a contribution to the natural, sustainable and efficient homebuilding.

The eco-house will be built with a modular and prefabricated system of straw bales, a green roof, a greenhouse and consequently a high level of energy efficiency.

A successful

Why Designing a Person's Home is the Most Challenging, Thrilling Task an Architect Can Face

This article was originally published by Common Edge as "Why Homes Are the Original Architecture."

Homes may be the most powerful projection of architectural value. Because shelter is essential for all of us, the home is architecture’s universal function. We’re all experts on what our own home must be, to us.

But architects often have a different view of home. Twenty years ago—during the recession before the last recession—I remember hearing an architect declare that he could earn a living designing houses until “real work came along.” Another architectural meme is the classic first job: designing a house for your parents.