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Urban Rancher Wins Wind Turbine!

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Michael Janzen

Great news! The Urban Rancher has won the wind turbine featured on Jetson Green last week.  This particular wind turbine is rated at 400W and has sells for $596 USD. This should be plenty of power for his off-grid home … Continue reading →

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Who’s Next Entry – Version 1

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Michael Janzen

I’m not sure how your 2010 is going but mine feels like it’s flying by a little too fast. I looked up from my work for a moment and noticed that the deadline for the Who’s Next Competition is almost … Continue reading →

Posted in Design Concept | Tagged big house, cluster, contest, freegreen, Plans, tiny house, whosnext | 20 Comments

Waltons Shed Design Competition 2010

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Michael Janzen

If you’d like to try your hand at designing a small building for a design competition here’s a great opportunity. This time the sponsor, Waltons, is offering a really amazing grand prize. They will build the winner’s shed design and ship … Continue reading →

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Tiny Prefab ebook Winner!

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Michael Janzen

First I want to thank everyone that entered the Free Drawing for the Tiny Prefab ebook. There were tons of great tiny house ideas and dreams in those 39 comments… definitely worth a read if you’re curious to see what’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcement | Tagged book, contest, ebook, prefab, tiny prefab, winner | 4 Comments

Enter to Win – Free Drawing for Tiny Prefab ebook

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Update: Comments are closed a winner has been randomly selected! I’ve been working on an update to my ebook, Tiny Prefab, and will have it complete by Monday, November 23, 2009. I thought it would be fun to give away … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcement | Tagged contest, drawing, ebook, Free Drawing, prefab, tiny prefab | 39 Comments

Who’s Next? – Help Me Win with a Tiny House Design

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Michael Janzen

The other day I posted news of a design competition hosted by FreeGreen.com that’s called Who’s Next? If you’ve been reading Tiny House Design for a while you know that from time to time I present design concepts and ask … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcement | Tagged competition, contest, design competition, freegreen, Who's Next | 14 Comments

Who’s Next – Design Contest

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Michael Janzen

FreeGreen.com is hosting a design contest that challenges designers to bring progressive new ideas in housing to mainstream America. The grand prize is $5,000 plus the plans will be developed fully by FreeGreen.com while allowing the designer retain the rights. … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcement | Tagged architecture, call for entries, competition, contest, design competition, FreeGreen.com | 8 Comments

CLEAR VILLAGE Call For Entries

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Michael Janzen

I must admit I was a little disappointed to see so few tiny homes in the list of finalists for the Design It: Shelter Competition. It just seemed like a perfect opportunity for tiny houses to emerge; although I admit … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Design | Tagged clear village, community, contest, design competition, new mexico, pueblo, sustainable architecture, taos, village | 2 Comments

Take a look at the new Shedworking HQ

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Alex at Shedworking has picked a winner, actually two, for his Shedworking HQ contest. The design on the left is a floating shed with a green roof submitted by Paul at Roomworks and on the right a design submitted by … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcement | Tagged contest, headquarters, Joseph Sandy, roomworks, secrets of shed building, sheds, shedworking, shedworking hq | 2 Comments

Contest – Name That Tiny House

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Project Rolling Freedom is running a contest right now where you could win a set of plans. To enter the contest all you have to do is come up with great name for a tiny house design they have posted … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcement | Tagged contest, project rolling freedom, tiny house design, win plans | 1 Comment