$300 House Articles and Critiques

[Joseph Sandy]

I have put together a list of all of the articles about the $300 House
Challenge I could find. Hopefully the html links work on this forum if
not it can also be found on my blog at www.josephsandy.com/blog
(http://josephsandy.com/blog/2011/06/28/300-house-articles-and-
critiques/)


<strong>General:</strong>

<a href="http://www.300house.com/">Introductory articles for the
challenge at 300house.com</a>

<a href="http://mashable.com/2011/05/02/300-house/">Can a $300 house
save 2 Billion People Living in Poverty?</a>

<a href="http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2011/05/300-house-
challenge.html">Google Sketchup Blog post on $300 House</a>

<a href="http://thedartmouth.com/2011/05/03/news/house">Govindarajan
launches $300 House Challenge</a>

<a href="http://popupcity.net/2011/05/build-a-300-house/">Build a $300
House</a>

<a href="http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/news/articles/300-house/">What
if You Could Build a House for $300?</a>

<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/activate/speaker-interview-
christian-sarkar-300-house">Interview with Christian Sarkar in the
Guardian</a>

<a href="http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2011/05/300-dollar-
house/">The $300 House: safe green housing for the world’s poor</a>

<a href="http://pltw.nmsu.edu/cPage.aspx?
pageid=event&amp;queryid=300House">Bring affordable housing to the
world’s poor</a>

<a href="http://projecttz.com/?p=2351">A $300 House? – At 300house.com
They Think So.</a>

<a href="http://wf360.typepad.com/bev/2011/05/vijay-xxxxx-and-the-300-
house.html">Vijay Govindarajan, The $300 House, and Frugal Innovation</
a>

<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8597080/
The-197-nano-house-designed-to-solve-Indias-slum-housing.html">The
£197 'nano house' designed to solve India's slum housing</a>

<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/six-designs-houses-cost-
just-300-build#0">Six Designs For Houses That Cost Just $300 To Build</
a>

<a href="http://www.gizmag.com/contest-seeks-ideas-for-300-houses-to-
shelter-worlds-poor/18584/">Contest seeks ideas for $300 houses to
shelter world's poor</a>

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<strong>Opinions:</strong>

<a href="http://www.economist.com/node/18618271">A $300 idea that is
priceless</a>

<a href="http://indi.ca/2011/06/the-300-indian-house/">The $300 Indian
House</a>

<a href="http://www.designwala.org/2011/06/the-300-house-a-real-
solution-or-a-utopic-exercise/">The $300 house : A real solution or a
utopic exercise</a>

<a href="http://affordablehousinginstitute.org/blogs/us/2011/01/
the-300-house-%E2%80%93-the-value-chain-challenge.html">The $300 House
– The Value-Chain Challenge</a>

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<strong>Critiques:</strong>

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/01/opinion/01srivastava.html?
_r=2">Hands Off Our Houses</a>

<a href="http://www.architecturefordevelopment.com/archives/
818">Critique of the $300 house</a>

<a href="http://chieforganizer.org/2011/06/01/300-house-might-be-a-
disaster-solution-not-a-social-solution/">$300 House Might be a
Disaster Solution, Not a Social Solution</a>

<a href="http://risingpyramid.org/2011/06/02/300-house-experienced-
hands-needed/">$300 House? Experienced Hands Needed</a>

<a href="http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2011/06/03/300-slum-house-worthy-
but-worthless/">$300 slum house? Worthy but worthless</a>