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Small house designs with big impact


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The Chalford Roundhouse, a stone tower house

Taking a break from the cutting edge Solar Decathlon homes, today we have a small house from the past. The Chalford Roundhouse is one of five similar houses along the Thames and Severn Canal in Gloucestershire, England. They were built in the 1790′s to house the families of canal workers.

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Seaside Single House, a rebuilt stone barn in Tuscany by modostudio

This attractive small house has an enviable location overlooking the seashore of Monte Argentario National Park in Tuscany. The architects from modostudio designed the 90 m2 (969 ft2) house within the remnants of a half-collapsed stone barn. The stones remained to rebuild the barn in its original form, but with new window openings. The roofing is terracotta tile, a traditional roofing material in the area.

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