- Updated Pioneer’s Cabin Framing Plans
- Prefab Hybrid – An Approach To Partial Panelized Construction
- 2011 Solar Decathlon Preview
- How to Build a Fortress on the Cheap
- Burning Man Pyramid by Paul Elkins
- Solar Burrito’s Cabin – Update
- Adam’s Tiny House Update
- PVC Bike Guy is building the Teardrop Bike Trailer
- Porch Shed Design Competition Entries
- One Determined Urban Rancher
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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Small Earthbag Home For $1000
I’m especially partial to low-cost housing solutions that push the envelope and demonstrate that a home doesn’t have to be expensive and extravagant to provide it’s owner security and happiness. Owen Geiger recently posted an article on the Earthbag Building … Continue reading
Usonian Inspired Home by Joseph Sandy
Usonian homes were originally the invention of Frank Lloyd Wright with the first example, The Jacobs House, which was completed in 1937. He imagined these as small low-cost single-family homes that were designed unlike many of the common homes of … Continue reading
Posted in Plans
Tagged Frank Lloyd Wright, Joseph Sandy, modern architecture, passive solar, The Jacobs House, Usonian
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Dan’s Tiny House Project
Dan, one of my readers, sent me a link to his new blog which documents the creation of an 8′ by 20′ tiny house of his own design. Drawing from his own previous experience with Google SketchUp and inspiration from … Continue reading
Dennis’s Tiny Cabin
This cabin was built by Dennis, one of my readers, and is located in the woods of southwest Wisconsin. The floor measures just 8′ by 12′ but the height of the cabin makes it seem much larger. The unusual window … Continue reading
Posted in Projects
Tagged cabin, Dennis Mossholder, prefab, reclaimed, remote cabin, rustic, Wisonsin
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Thinking Outside the Rocks
This tiny house of boulders and stones and located in the mountains of Fafe, Portugal and surrounded by wind turbines. While the photos look a little like imitations this is in fact a real home. This is an excellent example … Continue reading
Posted in Construction Method
Tagged cliff dwelling, masonry, portugal, rock, rocks, stone, stone house
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Gungadin’s Tumbleweed Fencl
Tonight I ran across the story of a fellow in Flint, Michigan that is building a Tumbleweed Fencl. The Fencl is an 8′ by 19′ tiny house on a trailer designed by Jay Shafer. The interior square footage is just … Continue reading
Posted in Projects
Tagged fencl, flint, Gungadin, house plans, michigan, sustainable architecture, tiny house, tumbleweed
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Read-Nest modern cabin
This little cabin was designed by the Danish architecture firm of Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter and is intended, as the project name suggests, as a simple place to read, think, and meditate. The interior space is less than 10 square meters … Continue reading
Posted in Projects
Tagged cabin, danish, denmark, Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter, modern, prefab, read-nest
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World Hands Project – Pallet Houses in Mexico
While the World Hands Project is currently going through internal re-organization I was happy to find that during past workshops they’ve helped people down in Mexico build some simple homes from shipping pallets. Instead of using some kind of manufactured insulation … Continue reading
Posted in Humanitarian
Tagged cob, Humanitarian, mexico, pallet house, pallets, shipping pallets, sustainable architecture, Workshops, world hands project
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Hexayurt, Appropedia and Sustainable Living
In your wanderings on the Internet you’ve probably stumbled across the Hexayurt. It’s an emergency shelter designed by Vinay Gupta that can be built for about $200. Vinay has also been contributing to building a wealth of information on sustainable … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainable Living
Tagged Appropedia, disaster preparedness, disastr, emergency shelter, Hexayurt, Vinay Gupta
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Low Cost Shed Example
One of my readers, Rick, sent these photos to me of a small shed/clubhouse he build for son. It’s not the typical kind of tiny house I post on Tiny House Design but it’s an excellent example of how a … Continue reading
