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On an empty lot next door to a popular craft brewery, the Blockhouse team wanted to build housing that would fit a buzzing Spokane (WA) neighborhood. They carefully placed micro and skinny units around some old-growth trees to create a…

With input from Pam and Chris Daniele ( @DirtandGlass ), I (Derek “Deek” Diedricksen) designed and provided the sketches for this cabin, and oversaw its initial framing alongside a group of workshop students at Tiny House Summer Camp in 2018…

When Aptera debuted plans for their electric vehicle in 2007 the solar panels were only powerful enough for climate control, but now, 14 years later, Aptera’s 3-wheeled rig relies on just the sun for most of its charging needs. To…

A frames seem to be admired in the tiny house world, and while they can’t often be placed on wheeled trailers because of height restrictions (and because a frame cabins aren’t so space efficient), they ARE sturdy, simple to build,…

In 2007, Ole and Maitri Ersson bought the rundown Cabana apartment complex in the city and immediately began to de-pave parking spaces to make space for what today is a huge permaculture coliving space and urban food forest. Today, the…

Thanks to new extra-large 3D printers, it’s now possible to print a house with a machine that extrudes a material – usually concrete/cement or a polymer, but more lately even earth – in an entirely additive process so there is…

On a California mountaintop with no access to power, David Latimer created a deconstructed home from two wee homes on wheels enclosing an outdoor bed, kitchen, and living room. In the balmy SoCal environment, this blurring of the lines between…

When Ava Rosen first slept in a yome – a hybrid between a yurt and geodesic dome – she fell in love with its geometry: “I’d never heard of a yome before, but I just really liked it and I…

Whether its a cabin, glamping getaway, a tiny house on wheels, or a small cottage you’re planning on designing, THIS build has some ideas and approaches you might appreciate. I’ve seen so many tiny houses and spent the night dozens…