Gallery: Experimental Website Lets You Download Amazing House Blueprints for Free

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    Paperhouses is a platform that allows people to download open source blueprints from architects, like this house from Tatiana Bilbao. *Image: Paperhouses*
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    Bilbao's house was designed to expand along the center axis to accommodate a growing family. *Image: Paperhouses*
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    Florian Busch's Private Sky house can adapt to rural and urban settings. *Image: Paperhouses*
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    All of the architects had to design their homes without a specific site or client in mind, which was one of the biggest challenges. *Image: Paperhouses*
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    The inside of Busch's home is centered around a garden. *Image: Paperhouses*
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    Panorama designed the Bolt house, which is a series of prefab modules that adapt to various land conditions. *Image: Paperhouses*
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    The Bolt house can be built on an incline, decline or flat piece of land. *Image: Paperhouses*
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    Interior shot of Panorama's Bolt house. *Image: Paperhouses*
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    Dekleva Gregoric's Systematic Home is made from three timber modules. *Image: Paperhouses*
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    Users are encouraged to customize the houses depending on their budget and location. *Image: Paperhouses*
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    Interior of the Systematic House. *Image: Paperhouses*
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    Derek Dellekamp's House For The Silence is designed along an axis. The common spaces are below, and the rooms are above. *Image: Paperhouses*
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