Caption Contest Winner

This week’s winning entry:

“Cozy one level with a  back yard full of tree.” ~ Jdean

Dai Haifei is a Chinese architect. He works for a company whose slogan is “Our Buildings Are Eggs Laid by City,” and apparently nothing was lost in translation there — seeing as how Dai now lives in an egg-shaped house small enough to fit on the sidewalk.

He built this pod on a bamboo frame insulated with wood chips, with bags of sprouting grass on the outside. Total Cost: $964. Though quite small, the pod is big enough to house a bed, a water tank, a night table and a crushing sense of claustrophobia. Dai says he typically works at his architectural firm until midnight and only uses his home for sleep anyway, allowing him to save a ton of money.  Money that will probably not go towards furniture.