Ultimate glamping?
Anywhere you choose  –  Nice Architects Slovakia Available late 2015 Size/Area/Volume:   2.55m x 4.45m x 2.25m / 10m3 / 22m3 Do you remember The Blob? No, not the movie, the home office dmvA Architects designed for the client refused building permission for a home office. Ecospace looks remarkably similar but it’s a wonderful example […]
The Blob is coming…
Totally Mobile – dmvA Architecten Belgium Built Area: Â Â Â 20 m2 Â (216 sq ft) Project Year:Â Â Â 2009 Photography: Â Frederik Vercruysse The Challenge: The client, the principal of Xfactor Agencies, wanted a home office extension designed and built. Â The local planning authority refused consent despite various submissions covering a range of options. The Solution: […]
Tiny House Project
Sebastopol, CA – Alek Lisefski Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox. You can also view the images as a slideshow if you prefer 8-) If you liked this project, you will also like viewing …
Tinos Stable
Tinos Island  Greece  –  Ioannis Exarchou Photography:   Sylvia Diamantopoulos An old stable sitting high on the side of a hill, overlooking rugged mountains and valleys. Cave like with stone walls it seemed an unlikely vacation home. But, by plastering only the interior walls, inserting a new floor and filling gaps in the exterior stonework with […]
Living in 10m2
Virserum and Lund, Sweden – Tengbom Architects Location: Â Â Portable Built area:Â Â 10 sqm Year built: Â Â 2013 Photography: Â Â Bertil Hertzberg Tertiary study never comes cheaply, especially if the student needs to live away from the family home. Â Accommodation costs usually mean that the student needs to work in order […]
Roll It
Karlsruhe, Germany –Â University of Karlsruhe Could you live in a cylinder? This is the ultimate experiment in low-cost housing. Called ‘Roll it’, it was designed and built by collaborative teams at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany. Comprising of three independent cylinders, the unit is a complete dwelling with a bed/sitting/study area, an exercise ‘room’ […]
Pocket Shelter
United States – Aaron Maret Design Built Studio Built area: 8′ x 23′ / 200 sqft Year built: Spring 2013
Toronto’s Tiniest Home
Toronto Canada Year Built: Â Â 1912 Built Area: Â Â 300 sq. ft. (27.8 m2) At just over 7 feet wide (2.2m), this must be one of the narrowest fixed homes in the developed world. Â It also ranks as one of the smallest we’ve come across, excluding those built on trailers. The home was built […]
Tokyo Tight
Tokyo, Japan  –  Unemori Architects Site Area:   34.27 m2  (370 sq. ft.) Building Envelope:   17.47 m2  (188 sq. ft.) Built Area:   67.34 m2  (727 sq. ft.) Photography: Unemori Architects Japan truly is the land of innovation when it comes to housing. Its cities are crowded, land is limited and if […]
Urban Shelter
Madrid, Spain – MYCC Built area: 21.0 sqm Year built: 2012 Photography: Elena Almagro From the architect. This singular urban shelter is just twenty square meters and nevertheless is one hundred cubic meters of volume. In such an enclosed space should a single person live and work. He will use his creativity and dynamism to […]