A team of architecture students designed a seemingly impossible home.
After more than a decade of designing, editing, and re-working, the students at Rural Studio, Auburn University 's architectural design program, built two cottages with raw materials that cost just $14,000 each (The team calls them the "20K Homes").
The goal was to create a model for building homes that are both beautiful and affordable. Take a look inside.
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The homes were built at Serenbe, a community of nearly 500 people in northwestern Georgia. The site features a 25-acre organic farm, seasonal Saturday farmer's markets, art galleries, films, and lectures.
"There's a need for affordable homes to be designed with integrity," Serenbe's co-founder Steve Nygren tells Tech Insider. "We need to downsize in general."
The 500-square-foot homes' walls are primarily made from local pine lumber, and the roofs are made tin. They share a connected wooden porch.
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