Article: Housing solutions: 15 by 15 ft, to the 2,700-sq-ft 'Earhship.'

TOLLAND, Conn. and MONTREAL - Will all the houses of tomorrow be bigger, costlier, tech-ier?

"No," say two architects, one in the United States and the other in Canada, whose dramatically different, bargain-priced and energy efficient homes are not just futuristic designs. People who have seen, liked, and bought them are already happily in residence. So, what makes the houses that different, that appealing?

One is a marvelously compact dwelling only 15 sq ft. The other is an environmentalist's dream, a northern version of those Arizona homes built mostly of tires.

Dennis Davey of Tolland, Conn., has become so convinced of the acceptance for his 15- by ...

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