By Nicole Jewell Source: Inhabitat

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Lendager Arkitekter recently completed work on their highly anticipated Upcycle House. Located in Nyborg, Denmark, the 1,390 square foot home was constructed entirely from upcycled and recycled materials. The home was built in collaboration with the Realdania Byg Foundation, and the team’s goal was to see how much they could reduce the CO2 footprint of a building by using exclusively upcycled materials.

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The Upcycle House’s building materials come from a vast variety of sources. The load bearing base of the home is made out of two prefabricated shipping containers that are insulated on the outside, which helps hide their structural framework. The roof and exterior cladding are made from trapezoidal profile sheets of recycled aluminum soda-cans. The facade panels are made from post-consumer recycled granulated paper that has been pressed and heat treated. The kitchen floor is made from tiled champagne cork remnants, and the bath tiles are made from recycled glass. The walls and floors are clad with OSB panels made out of pressed wood chips taken from various production sites.

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