A compact prefab “Refugio” from Chile
Refugio (“Refuge”) is a tiny prefab dwelling produced by FabriHome in Chile. It is typically used as a vacation cabin but it could be a permanent residence for a single person or a… Continue reading
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Casa dos Caseiros | SAMF Arquitectos
Casa dos Caseiros is set on a stone-walled terrace in Portugal’s Duoro Valley wine-producing region. Home to a vineyard’s resident caretaker, the small house is the first step in a planned restoration of… Continue reading
The DOGBOX | Patch Work Architecture
Three recent New Zealand architecture graduates decided to get hands-on building experience and to jump-start their careers by designing and building a small house. It certainly helped their careers when the house, dubbed… Continue reading
The Black Shed | Rural Design Architects
The Black Shed sits low and hunkered against the wind on Scotland’s Isle of Skye. The small cottage replaced a dilapidated storage shed on a working croft (small farm). Rural Design Architects designed… Continue reading
The Doll House
Like many historic houses that have seemingly managed to survive the decades unscathed, The Doll House actually had to suffer many years of abuse and neglect before being restored back to its original… Continue reading
An eco-friendly kit house designed for the owner-builder | Noble Home
Noble Home sells efficient and modern kit homes with a floor plan custom designed for each buyer. The Noble Home building system is available in widths of either 16′ or 20′, and any… Continue reading
A laneway house for a young family | Lanefab
A couple and their infant son live in this laneway house in Vancouver, Canada. Like many owners of laneway houses in Vancouver, where property prices are still extremely high, they had their new… Continue reading
DublDom, a modular tiny house from Russia | BIO Architects
Our first tiny house from Russia, DublDom (“double house”) is a modular dwelling designed by BIO Architects and fabricated not far from Moscow. There are two DublDom models, the 26 m2 (280 ft2) version shown… Continue reading
TimberCab, a prefab timber framed cabin | FabCab
This timber frame cabin with modern lines sits overlooking Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho. It is a TimberCab 550, the smallest in the line of the prefabricated homes by FabCab. FabCab produces a… Continue reading
A cabin retreat for a multigenerational family | Reiulf Ramstad Architects
A two-hour drive along the coast south from Oslo, Norway brings you to this family vacation compound. A couple and their two adult offspring with families of their own wanted a cabin retreat… Continue reading
Arsenal B47, from munitions shed to modern cabin | Ralph Germann
From the outside, Arsenal B47 looks like an ordinary mountain cabin. However it has an interesting history. Despite Switzerland’s neutrality during the Second World War, the country had every reason to expect a… Continue reading
Hivehaus, a modular dwelling with a honeycomb plan
A documentary on bees inspired builder Barry Jackson to create the Hivehaus, a modular housing system based on a standard-sized unit called a cell. Each hexagonal cell is a single room with 9.3 m2… Continue reading
Studio living in a converted garage | HEARTH Studio
One Melbourne resident didn’t let the city’s high property prices keep her from having a home of her own. On finding that she could not afford to buy, Alex Kennedy turned her eye… Continue reading
A small family house in Copenhagen | Sigurd Larsen
Architect Sigurd Larsen designed this small family house to be economical to build. The floor plan is a simple rectangle and the gable roof has no dormers, hips or valleys to add complexity… Continue reading
Ogaki House | Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates
Ogaki House was designed by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates for a couple with four daughters living in Gifu, Japan. Though the house is quite long and narrow, the architects made the unusual decision… Continue reading
The Boooox Barn | OOOOX
Czech studio OOOOX focuses on residential interior design. When it came time to create their own home, the two principals started with an old wooden barn. Working over a period of two years,… Continue reading
Chez Mona | New Avenue Homes
Mona and her daughter’s family moved from separate car-dependent neighborhoods to a shared property in a very walkable area close to downtown Berkeley, California. Her daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren live in the… Continue reading
Little Lost Cabin | Clark Stevens
Beartooth Capital invests in run-down ranch properties, rehabilitating the land and restoring the buildings. With the Summit Springs Ranch, they restored over two miles of a trout-bearing stream running through the property, then… Continue reading
Tea plantation guest cabins | Habitats Plus
Habitats Plus builds small cottages, gazebos, pergolas and similar structures for resorts and golf courses in the northern Indian Ocean region. They sent us these photos of eleven guest cabins nearing completion at… Continue reading
PDX Eco Cottage | Jack Barnes Architect
After attending a class on developing accessory dwelling units, Susan Moray was sold on the idea of replacing her alley-facing garage with a compact cottage. Susan’s home is a character bungalow located in… Continue reading
Charred Cabin, a place to eat, sleep and read for two | DRAA
Located a couple hours drive into the mountains north of Santiago, Chile, “Charred Cabin” is an appealingly simple vacation retreat. Working with a client budget of just $15,000, studio DRAA had to keep… Continue reading
Living on the water in Prague | Mjölk Architekti
The owner of this floating home in Prague wanted to live close to the amenities of the city center. However, like many other young people, he found the typical downtown housing to be… Continue reading
Casa Bote | Matías Silva Aldunate
A family wanted to develop their lakeside property in southern Chile with a vacation cabin and a storage shed for small boats, kayaks and related gear. Knowing that the cabin would be used… Continue reading
The Milan, a prefab shipping container home | Nova Deko Modular
Australian firm Nova Deko Modular builds modular houses in a wide range of sizes, marketing the smaller ones as “granny flats“. Of those, one of the larger ones is the Milan, built to… Continue reading
