Tag Archives: tiny house design

Michael Janzen Interview on Rowdy Kittens

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Michael Janzen

Recently Tammy Strobel interviewed me for her blog, Rowdy Kittens. I’ve known Tammy for a couple years now, through the tiny house movement. Tammy’s life & work is focused on the topic of simple living and she currently lives a … Continue reading →

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The Tiny House Project – Bring On The Competition!

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Michael Janzen

I haven’t been THIS excited about tiny houses since I first saw a photo of Jay Shafer’s tiny house. The Tiny House Project seems to be designed to take tiny house design (in general, not my blog) to the next … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Design, Sustainable Living | Tagged competition, Projects, tiny house, tiny house design | 1 Comment

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 →

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More Sketches of the Tiny Simple House

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Michael Janzen

I’ve been playing with more drawing software in an attempt to find the right combination of tools to draw the illustrations for the Tiny Simple House plan book. Below are 3D images made with Google SketchUp and a short video. … Continue reading →

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New York Times Article on my Tiny Free House

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Michael Janzen

A nice article on the tiny house movement and my tiny free house just got published by the New York Times. Pictured here is Jay and Greg on an Los Angeles freeway while headed south on their border to border … Continue reading →

Posted in Tiny Free House | Tagged free house, michael janzen, new york times, Tiny Free House, tiny house design | 6 Comments

Tiny Free House Update

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Michael Janzen

I’m starting to really cut up pallets and build wall panels today, very exciting. Last night I stayed up late and made some important changes to the floor plan of my tiny free house. I moved the door to the … Continue reading →

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Self-Sufficient Housing / The Self-Fab House

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Michael Janzen

This news is a bit old, but new to me and maybe you. The Self-Fab House was a design contest in 2007 that sent out a call for designers to submit concepts for a self-sufficient green house the occupants could … Continue reading →

Posted in Design Concept | Tagged architecture contest, call for entries, design challenge, design contest, tiny house call for entries, tiny house contest, tiny house design | 1 Comment

Small House Design Techniques Increase Perceived Size

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Michael Janzen

I just stumbled on this National Geographic video on YouTube. It describes a small (not tiny) house in Japan where the architect used many simple design techniques to increase the perceived size. The actual footprint is 320 square feet and … Continue reading →

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Design Study – Underground Concrete Pipe Tiny House Concept

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Michael Janzen

A little while back I came across information about a concrete pipe hotel in Austria and blogged on it here. It occurred to me that concrete pipe might make a pretty cool tiny house so over the weekend I drew … Continue reading →

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Sheldon Designs – Building Plans for Cabins, Cottages, Barns, and Sheds

Posted on July 20, 2008 by Michael Janzen

You’ve probably seen this company’s ads in the back of magazines like Mother Earth News and Fine Home Building. Sheldon Designs sells a wide variety of plans for Cabins, Cottages, Barns, and Sheds. They are also open to suggestions so … Continue reading →

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