"AMONG the traditional brick and clapboard structures that line the streets of this sleepy East Texas town, 70 miles north of Houston, a few houses stand out: their roofs are made of license plates, and their windows of crystal platters.
They are the creations of Dan Phillips, 64, ---. About 12 years ago, Mr. Phillips began his latest career: building low-income housing out of trash."
excerpt from 'One Man's Trash...' by Kate Murphy, New York Times, 9/2/2009
I read this New York Times article last fall when it was first published. It has haunted me ever since... If we can make such beautiful houses from some 90% reclaimed materials, AND save on cost, why are we not doing more of it? I cannot wait to be ready to settle down and design a house!
and, check out the slide show - these houses are as far from what most people envision when they think of low-income housing as possible!
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