A Vietnam based architecture firm, Vo Trong Nghia Architects, has began developing prefabricated housing for low income families in Vietnam. This concept of tiny housing would provide the people with not only a safe place to live but a durable long-term shelter too. Since 2012 the firm has been working to create these houses for those who earn less than [...]
Communities
He Designed And Built A Modern 210 Sq. Ft. Tiny Home: Minim Home
When Brian Levy set himself out to design a tiny house he wanted to create something that was comfortable long-term, sustainable for the environment yet still stylish, and he didn’t want to compromise anywhere. He believed the Minim Home should feel amazing throughout. He’s also the founder of Micro Showcase, a place dedicated to showcasing micro [...]
Video: The ‘Willy Wonka’ of Reclaimed Tiny Housing
Right now I’m thrilled to share this free documentary on the ‘Willy Wonka’ of reclaimed tiny housing thanks to Faircompanies. This movie is on Brad Kittel of Tiny Texas Houses. When he came to Texas 30 years ago, he was living in a school bus converted into a home. And he started buying boarded-up houses [...]
Tiny House Community in Orlando Florida RV Park
Right now I’d like to take you on a virtual tour during my visit to an up and coming tiny house community in an Orlando, Florida RV Park (College Park Village) where Emily Lindahl, of Emily’s Tiny Adventure, is currently living simply in Elaine Walker’s tiny home. I was glad to see so many people [...]
Destiny’s Bridge: Tiny Homes for the Homeless Documentary
I was just contacted by Jack Ballo who is a filmmaker working on a documentary on homeless people, tent cities, and potential tiny house villages for those in need and I wanted to share it with you. There’s a lot we don’t see that goes on unnoticed and I believe this film gives us all [...]
Portland Planning Village of Tiny Homes for Homeless
So far there have been a few areas in the United States adopting the tiny house movement’s principles as a way to uplift and empower the homeless using tiny house villages. That’s right. Tiny homes for the homeless. We’ve seen it in Seattle. We’ve seen it in Texas. We’ve seen it in Wisconsin. We’ve seen [...]
Karenville: A Tiny Village of Tiny Buildings
Hello Alex (and Tiny House Talk readers), I love hearing about other people’s tiny house adventures. For a long time I thought I was the only one interested in living simple. I kept thinking, it’s so easy why don’t more people do it? I live full time in a 270 square foot log cabin (you [...]
