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When do think home building will take a change in the way homes are built?

I mean with technology on the rise, homes haven' changed much.

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1. 2013 they will be more industrial and made of more significant materials maybe even carbon fiber http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26p%3Dhomes%2520of%2520the%2520future%26fr2%3Dtab-web%26fr%3Dytff-&w=202&h=197&imgurl=www.travelizmo.com%2Farchives%2Fhouse-of-the-future.JPG&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.travelizmo.com%2Farchives%2Fcat_future_homes.html&size=9kB&name=house-of-the-future.JPG&p=homes+of+the+future&type=jpeg&no=6&tt=24,665&oid=01af652cee4e7074&ei=UTF-8 http://www.gatech.edu/innovations/futurehome/index.php http://www.lostparks.com/xanadu.html The Loftcube will appeal to the nomadic person who living for short periods of time in the large cities and dense urban areas wants a temporary Sanctuary. Loftcubes where thought up to be constructed on the roofs of existing architecture: highrises, buildings etc. The body of the loft cube can be customized how the user desires. The four outer walls of the Loft Cube are separate segments that can be made transparent, translucent or closed versions. Louvre windows with horizontal wooden slates provide ventilation. Seems there are two models available the LC39, which provides 420ft of living space and the LC55 with 588ft. The price for this high kind of lifestyle complete with bathroom and Kitchen is as follows: $136,000 and $180,000 respectively. Plus the price of installing your LoftCube on a high rise via crane or helicopter and rooftop rent. No doubt we will see more and more of these in the future. If you have a fascination with water this new lifestyle may be for you! Buying a home by the water is expensive and hard to find then how about buying a home in the water? So why not make use of the water as the Londoners do in Little Venice asks the German based Floating homes company? In large German conurbations there is sufficient waste land with areas of water that could be reactivated and brought back to life by floating homes. These homes are modern inside to say the least, and feature a wide range of floor plan modification options. Sounds like an acquired taste, but hey what bachelor wouldn't want to be able to say: Hey! Let me take you back to my house, it's in the middle of the lake, we can be as loud as we want! Floating home (Yanko Design)
2. Thinking along the 'MORE PRACTICAL' right now, Many are being built 'GREENER'....that's to say EXTREMELY Energy Efficient and much Safer/Gentler on the Enviornment ...... Especially in California!! Check them out!
3. The technology is there but it is to expensive for the common people. There are alot of building techniques but some of the main problems with current building codes are the headers and the foundations which need to be beefed up. Most older homes need to be made more energy efficient.