- 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: March 2010
Treehouse Hideaway cafe in Harajuku
My friend Jared Braiterman has been in Japan for many months now and blogging about his adventures at Tokyo Green Space. Here’s what his blog says about his project: Tokyo Green Space examines the potential for micro-green spaces to transform the world’s … Continue reading
Posted in Projects
Tagged cafe, japan, Jared Braiterman, Kobayashi Takashi, Tokyo, Tokyo Green Space, treehouse
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Covert Trailer
Another on of my readers sent me a cool tiny house design with a couple of unique features. Here’s what Chris says about the design: I am a builder and aspiring architect, and have been thinking a lot recently about … Continue reading
Tiny House on Skids
One of my regular readers shared some designs with me over the weekend. Tracy’s idea is to design a small lightweight habitable module that slides onto a common flatbed trailer. The entire structure would be built on top of skids … Continue reading
ReadyMade’s Signature Modular Dwelling
Back on March 21st IKEA and ReadyMade ended a six city tour of ReadyMade’s Signature Modular Dwelling finished out with a little kitchen from IKEA. Luckily the sixth city was Roseville, California and the little house was on display outside … Continue reading
Posted in Design Concept
Tagged IKEA, modern, prefab, ReadyMade, tiny house, Whole Foods Market
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Mark’s Tiny House Project
Kent at Tiny House Blog shared the story of Mark Heffernan’s tiny house project this past week. I was especially impressed with the homemade window mock-up that Mark plans to build for his tiny house. Windows can be one of … Continue reading
Review: Our Tiny House Construction DVD
Last night I stayed up late watching a tiny house construction DVD that records the creation of a home for Dawn and Scott Hines. They hired a professional contractor to build the home, Chuck Peterson of C&E Construction, and recorded … Continue reading
Ultralight Tiny House Concept – Revisited
While recovering from the flu I found myself obsessing more and more about this ultralight house concept. I also began researching other unrelated ultralight topics like ultralight backpacking. I guess seeking extreme examples of less is more is just a … Continue reading
SketchUp is Addicting – Ego Martini
One of my regular readers, Craig, has been getting more and more addicted to Google SketchUp. Below are some of the drawings he’s been doing. He actually started on this series before I started working on the ultralight tiny house … Continue reading
Lightweight Tiny House Concept
One of my regular readers, Grant, sent me this design challenge. I have a lot of personal interest in it because I’ve been day dreaming of building a small lightweight tiny house for taking my family (Julia, Katie, and me) … Continue reading
Who’s Next Entry – Video Tour
Here’s a closer look at my Who’s Next design competition entry. It’s an 8-minute video that explains how the four separate living spaces of the Tiny House Cluster work together and how they could work individually as independent tiny houses. … Continue reading
