Hank’s Bus
Location: Anywhere he chooses Architect: Hank Buttita Year built: 2013 With just a $3,000 Craigslist purchase, 15 weeks of design and construct effort and a further $6,000 of expenditure, Hank Butitta totally validates our belief that all too often, what we want, stops us from having what we need! […]
Urban Shelter
Madrid, Spain – MYCC Built area: 21.0 sqm Year built: 2012 Photography: Elena Almagro From the architect. This singular urban shelter is just twenty square meters and nevertheless is one hundred cubic meters of volume. In such an enclosed space should a single person live and work. He will use his creativity and dynamism to […]
Tokyo Tight
Tokyo, Japan – Unemori Architects Site Area: 34.27 m2 (370 sq. ft.) Building Envelope: 17.47 m2 (188 sq. ft.) Built Area: 67.34 m2 (727 sq. ft.) Photography: Unemori Architects Japan truly is the land of innovation when it comes to housing. Its cities are crowded, land is limited and if […]
Toronto’s Tiniest Home
Toronto Canada Year Built: 1912 Built Area: 300 sq. ft. (27.8 m2) At just over 7 feet wide (2.2m), this must be one of the narrowest fixed homes in the developed world. It also ranks as one of the smallest we’ve come across, excluding those built on trailers. The home was built […]
Pocket Shelter
United States – Aaron Maret Design Built Studio Built area: 8′ x 23′ / 200 sqft Year built: Spring 2013
Roll It
Karlsruhe, Germany – University of Karlsruhe Could you live in a cylinder? This is the ultimate experiment in low-cost housing. Called ‘Roll it’, it was designed and built by collaborative teams at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany. Comprising of three independent cylinders, the unit is a complete dwelling with a bed/sitting/study area, an exercise ‘room’ […]
Indy Island
Indianapolis, New York – Andrea Zittel Photography: Jessica Dunn and Michael Runge Can’t afford an island? Make one! This tiny, inhabitable island was created by artist Andrea Zittel. Designed as an installation at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, it’s accessible only by rowboat. The igloo-like floating island is 20 foot in diameter and is made of […]
Tiny Home Snapshots
In our search for material for ‘tiny home’ albums, we often come across interesting ideas and images but not enough of them to make an album. Sometimes we can find enough images but there is no story. Rather than pass these homes by, we’ve collated them here as inspiration. Don’t miss the video links beneath […]
World’s Smallest Mobile Home
Beijing China – Dai Haifei As we’ve said before, it’s always interesting to see the homes that architects build for themselves. In this instance, it was an architecture student who faced a common problem with a unique solution… An egg-shaped home on wheels – elegant, simple, and most certainly green! This egg-shaped home on wheels […]
Micro House
