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	Homes by Ikea?

urbanlife

11-16-2007 2:48 PM

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ikea, design, sustainable, green space, new home, boklok

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0b976992-c36d-4ad0-b414-67d73b436649/D4B435AC-D84E-4C81-80CA-9CDBB34116DB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cooltownstudios.com/mt/archives/000942.html" href="http://www.cooltownstudios.com/mt/archives/000942.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cooltownstudios.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cooltownstudios.com/mt/archives/000942.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cooltownstudios.com/img/C76179A1-6CAC-43E1-BE1D-E7BF3D5893F3" alt="CoolTown Studios" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cooltownstudios.com/mt/archives/000942.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cooltownstudios.com/img/A8319750-3716-4545-B092-909C96C0186D" alt="Boklok" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cooltownstudios.com/mt/archives/000942.html"><P>Yes, <B>Ikea's</B> getting into the homebuilding industry, starting in the UK and Scandinavian countries, with a company called <A href="http://www.boklok.com">Boklok</A>. It doesn't look like they have much corporate competition as far as their target market and values are concerned:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cooltownstudios.com/mt/archives/000942.html"><B>Their customers</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cooltownstudios.com/mt/archives/000942.html"><I>- "Small households
- Working people with average household earnings of around $25K-$50K per annum
- People who cannot access social housing
- First time buyers
- People who are currently priced out of the owner-occupied market or market rented sector in their chosen location"</I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cooltownstudios.com/mt/archives/000942.html"><P><B>Their design principles</B>:
<I>- "Inner courtyards and green space with fruit trees and seating
- Flexible open-plan layout
- High ceilings and large windows, giving the apartments a light, airy and contemporary feel"</I></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cooltownstudios.com/mt/archives/000942.html">The first prototypes are suburban and <B>way too cookie cutter</B>, but clearly have the <B>potential for downtown urban development</B></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D4B435AC-D84E-4C81-80CA-9CDBB34116DB/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>