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Cost of a DIY home in California built by using cob, earth, water, hemp, straw and only paying for screws, glue, and silicone: $200 (€187) René Ammann

Price of a 240-square-foot (22.3 m2) home for essentials-only living in the beachfront town of Chinandega, Nicaragua, land included: $8,000... René Ammann

This residential renovation in Brookings, South Dakota (population 24,794) is striking in its mix of design features, inside and out, some of them reminiscent of the early houses designed by Samuel Mockbee and Coleman Coker in Mississippi, and the DIY creations of Dan Rockhill in Kansas.... Ben Pennell