Shantikuthi Earthbag Spiral House
Nagano, Japan – Michi-kun Year Built: 2011 Here’s another inspiring earthbag construction for fans of natural homes out there! This earthbag house is not actually a ‘house’, but a garden playroom. It was built by permaculturist and carpenter Michi-kun with the help of 20 volunteers in the Peace Permaculture Garden in Nagano, Japan. It’s called a spiral house […]
The world’s narrowest home?
The Keret House Warsaw Poland – Architect: Jakub Szczesny Photography by Bartek Warzecha, Polish Modern Art Foundation Built: 2012 Area: Unknown but miniscule We’ve featured, what we considered to be, some extremely narrow homes but surely, this has to be the narrowest fully constructed ‘home’ anywhere! At it’s narrowest, it’s just 72 centimetres (28″) before widening out to a […]
The Hackney Gingerbread House
Hackney London – Laura Dewe Mathews Built: 2012 Area: 80 m2 (864 sq. ft.) It’s always interesting seeing what an architect designs and builds for themselves. In this instance, it’s a one bed, home built on the site of, and using some of the structure of, an old box factory. The […]
Young couple build a cabin in the forest for $4,000
Westbrook, Connecticut – Dave Herrle Photography: Sarah Grote Year Built: 2013 Hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2007 was a life-changing experience for David Herrle. The time he spent in the woods made him realize that he wanted a simpler life where he didn’t have to work in a job he didn’t like. And so after his hike, he decided to […]
“The Awning” – Mobile Living
De Markies Mobile Home – Böhtlingk architectuur Designed: 1985 One of the reasons behind the ‘tiny home movement’ is that many of the designs totally bypass conventional planning and building requirements. If it’s on wheels it’s obviously not fixed. If it isn’t fixed, it isn’t a dwelling. If it isn’t a dwelling or […]
Glamping in Bordeaux!
Bordeaux, France – Bruit do Frigo OK – so like me you’re probably curious about a company that calls itself ‘Noise from the Fridge”. My French and Google Translate aren’t enough to answer all the questions I had but here is the summary… In a fascinating experiment, these shelters are being built around the periphery […]
Small Home in Horinouchi
‘House in Horinouchi’ – Suginami, Tokyo MIZUISHI Architect Atelier site area: 52.14 m2 building area: 29.07 m2 total floor area: 55.24 m2 Most of us would have difficulty visualizing what a 52m2 (570sq ft) building lot looks like. Think 7 metres x 7 metres (22′ x 22′). Now turn it into a triangle, add some building code challenges and […]
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 […]
