IKEA

First BoKlok display home opens at Gateshead

By Emily Clark

16:29 January 31, 2008 PST

February 1, 2008 In the latest news from the IKEA affordable housing project in the UK, the first BoKlok display home has been unveiled in Gateshead. A two-bedroom apartment has been fitted out, along with a two-bedroom unit converted to an office/marketing complex that features a BoKlok exhibition area. The apartment and the unit are open now for the public to view. Read More

More BoKlok homes for Gateshead

By Emily Clark

22:09 October 21, 2007 PDT

October 22, 2007 Following our report earlier this month that applications had opened for the innovative

BoKlok housing project in the UK, approval has been granted for even more of the homes to be built at Gateshead in the UK. Read More

Applications open for first UK Boklok housing

By Emily Clark

22:24 October 7, 2007 PDT

October 8, 2007 IKEA has accepted applications from potential homeowners for the first release of Boklok houses in the UK. Gizmag has been following the progress of this innovative housing development that aims to create affordable and sustainable housing to offer space and flexibility to low income families. Read More

IKEA housing development steams ahead in UK

By Emily Clark

05:59 August 15, 2007 PDT

August 15, 2007 Work has now begun on the first BoKlok "flat-pack housing" development at St James Village in Gateshead, UK. Previewed in Gizmag in May this year, the project aimed at delivering fast, affordable, energy efficient and stylish housing has just moved into its construction phase. Read More

More IKEA homes for Gateshead, UK

By Loz Blain

May 18, 2007 The popular BoKlok affordable housing project gained momentum in the UK on Wednesday with the announcement that Live Smart @ Home have applied to almost quadruple the number of properties the company is building. The stylish and efficient factory-fabricated family homes, which we previewed last month, are soon to go on sale, and likely to disappear fast. Read More

IKEA's ingenious affordable housing system

By Loz Blain

April 16, 2007 Built in a quality-controlled factory, delivered and assembled in a day. The BoKlok (pronounced Boo Clook) housing concept, a partnership between property company Live Smart @ Home and Swedish furniture giant IKEA is only months away from bringing the average UK family a stylish, efficient and affordable housing option. Read More