Lifecycle Building Challenge 3: Let’s see some Small Houses!
on Jan 2, 2009 in Architects Design + Architechture Green Not-So-Small Prefab Products + Services Environmental Protection Agency EPA KieranTimberlake Associates Lifecycle Building Challenge Loblolly Tripod Calling all small house and home designers and builders. The EPA is urging professional and student architects, builders and product developers to submit designs for the third annual Lifecycle Building Challenge. To shape the future of green buildin...

Small house living is in… in Japan
on Dec 21, 2008 in Architects Design + Architechture People + Places commdesign japanese architecture kyo-sho-jutaku Makoto Koizumi Makoto Masuzawa tsubo Living small is in… in Japan. A younger generation of Japanese with modest budgets are showing demand for ultra-compact homes, known as kyo-sho-jutaku in Japanese. Based on a 1952 design by architect Makoto Masuzawa — modeled on his own res.

Tumbleweed’s biggest house yet: the B-53… AND it’s still small!
on Dec 11, 2008 in Design + Architechture Plans Products + Services jay shafer small house small house plans tumbleweed tumbleweed tiny house For those of you thinking that the small house movement is just too small, the B-53 (743/837 sq ft) was recently added to the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company website and is currently their largest home. Choose two or three bedrooms, the plans are avail...

The “King” of Small Houses: tiny houses the Vermont way
on Dec 1, 2008 in Architects People + Places Workshops Peter King small house vermont Meet Peter King, Vermont’s “King” of tiny houses. Keep it simple the Peter King way: 2-3 days per week and $200 to $300 per month. Enjoy this Vermonter’s take on the small and tiny house movement. ** UPDATE ** P

CNN Video: Tiny homes big in down economy OR CNN loves Tumbleweed Tiny Homes
on Oct 22, 2008 in Architects Design + Architechture People + Places jay shafer small house tumbleweed tiny house The world is learning to live small and Jay Shafer is leading the way. CNN even says so! Mortgage free? $75/year in utilities? Not a slave to your house anymore? Escape the rat race? Can you live this way? Let’s hear what you have to say?

Is Prefab The Answer to Affordable, Modern & Green Homes?
on Sep 18, 2008 in Prefab green building sips Beginning a very interesting exchange into the question of whether “prefab is the answer” with an article on Jetson Green, Chad Ludeman took an informed look at the prefab industry concluding that it is not “the best way of d

Arvesund’s small Hermit’s Cabin
on Sep 16, 2008 in Architects Design + Architechture Arvesund Hermit's Cabin Sweden The Hermit’s Cabin is a collaboration between designer Mats Theselius and Arvesund, a progressive Swedish design company. Don’t plan on sharing one - it is designed for one but… you can do it winter, spring, summer and fall.