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- The peaceful Micro House serves as an artist's refuge in Vermont Tue, 30 Oct 18, 7:00amTucked into a hilly landscape in a remote area of Vermont, a 430-square-foot tiny home holds court among the wildflowers. Designed by Vermont-based Elizabeth Herrmann Architecture + Design in collaboration with the artistic...
- Getaway is launching new tiny house rentals in Washington DC and Boston Mon, 9 Oct 17, 11:31pmGetaway tiny houses are expanding, and we couldn't be more excited. Until now, you could only rent one of the off-grid houses outside parts of Boston and New York, but now you can also spend the night away from the hustle...
- How high-tech Kasita microhomes could revolutionize homeownership Sat, 18 Mar 17, 5:30amAmerica’s affordable housing crisis is squeezing people out of cities, but one Harvard researcher believes he’s developed a beautiful and high-tech solution to the problem...
- Nozomi Nakabayashi’s dreamy house in the sky is made from locally-sourced and reclaimed materials Tue, 19 May 15, 1:20amThis cozy prefab Hut on Stilts is a great micro-home for those looking to escape the bustling city life and spent time in a peaceful natural setting. The tiny building elevated from the ground, sitting on wooden columns,...
- Tiny Hut on Stilts is made from locally-sourced and reclaimed materials Mon, 18 May 15, 3:00pmThis cozy prefab Hut on Stilts is a great micro-home for those looking to escape the bustling city life and spent time in a peaceful natural setting. The tiny building elevated from the ground, sitting on wooden columns,...
- Green design keeps this tiny mobile home warm in Canada’s below-freezing winters Wed, 7 Jan 15, 9:37amLocated in Pelly Crossing, a small community north of Whitehouse, Yukon, the 97-square-foot version.3 tiny house currently serves as the home for the instructor/coordinator of the Yukon College Campus. To keep the inhabitant...
- Green design keeps this tiny mobile home warm in Canada’s below-freezing windows Wed, 7 Jan 15, 1:00amLocated in Pelly Crossing, a small community north of Whitehouse, Yukon, the 97-square-foot version.3 tiny house currently serves as the home for the instructor/coordinator of the Yukon College Campus. To keep the inhabitant...
- You’ll never believe what’s hiding inside this boulder Mon, 22 Dec 14, 5:00pmThrough a 6 week residency with Verbier 3d Foundation, André Bloc and Claude Parent of Bureau A designed and built the micro shelter which they call Antoine...
- Tinywood Homes Come with Their Own Hot Tubs in the UK Thu, 27 Nov 14, 2:10amTinywood Homes is a small company in Warwickshire, UK that specializes in building tiny homes for both rentals and for sale. The company rents out four tiny homes on their property to families and adventurous travelers looking...
- Test Drive Tiny Living in a Wheelhaus Cabin at the Luxurious Fireside Resort in Jackson, WY Sat, 22 Nov 14, 2:21amJackson, WY-based Wheelhaus builds beautiful prefab 'rolling cabins,' which is a much nicer way to say RV homes. Basically these narrow and tiny homes are efficiently designed, sustainably built and swiftly transported, and...
- Amazingly Tiny Micro-Compact Home is Just 77 Square Feet Tue, 26 Aug 14, 2:30amInspired by the intimate scale of a Japanese tea house and the compact efficiency of a smart car, a team comprised of researchers from London and Munich developed the Micro-Compact Home (m-ch) as a short-term living solution...
- Tiny Polyhedral Noa Prefab is a Geometry Lover’s Dream Home Fri, 4 Apr 14, 2:48amTechnically, the shape is a rhombic dodecahedron with a hexagon for a base; the geometry was specially designed by Orgusaar to create a space that was easily assembled out of identical elements...
- Tiny Noa Prefab Polyhedral is a Geometry Lover’s Dream Home Fri, 4 Apr 14, 2:48amTechnically, the shape is a rhombic dodecahedron with a hexagon for a base; the geometry was specially designed by Orgusaar to create a space that was easily assembled out of identical elements...
- Could You Squeeze into the 10-Foot-Wide Imai House in Japan? Sat, 29 Mar 14, 1:19amDue to Imai's narrow footprint, Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates' carefully controlled and directed the use of natural light. Smaller single-occupancy rooms such as bedrooms receive less sunlight in order to reserve light for...
- Could You Squeeze into the 10 Foot Wide Imai House in Japan? Sat, 29 Mar 14, 1:19amDue to Imai's narrow footprint, Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates' carefully controlled and directed the use of natural light. Smaller single-occupancy rooms such as bedrooms receive less sunlight in order to reserve light for...