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Recycled Houses... Really???

The idea that I found most interesting about the presentation on Local Materials was the idea of using recycled materials to construct a house. When I initially thought of what a house would probably look like if it were constructed out of recycled materials, the image that came to mind was not a very attractive building. So I decided to investigate this idea of houses constructed from recycled materials through image. After looking around here is what I found. Many beautiful and completely creative houses can be created from recycled materials. I also discovered that houses made from recycled material do not necessarily have to look like they were made out of recycled material. The following is a set of the most interesting images I could find of houses constructed from recycled materials.

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I believe that all of these houses are extremely creative. Each with its own twist or style. I do not believe that constructing a house from recycled materials will limit the ideas and the types of houses a person can construct. I was initially concerned that recycled materials would limit the type of houses a person could design. After finding these images I believe that using recycled materials is a good innovative way to design houses while remaining friendly to the atmosphere.

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