These are the collapsible hotel rooms of Flexotels. They’re used at festivals and events all over the world and they even have extended versions with bathrooms. These fold-out and ready to assemble micro shelters can be put together in 10 minutes. The largest version is even equipped with a shower, hot water heater, toilet and sink, to provide people with more comfort. These [...]
Modern Tiny Houses
144 Sq. Ft. Toy Box Tiny House
This 144 Sq. Ft. Toy Box Tiny House is a guest post by Frank Henderson – share yours! This tiny house is a custom design. Using reclaimed materials and high quality fixtures, the motto of this build was “Downsize and Upgrade”. There is a spacious sleeping loft (7’x8′) and all of the windows are new and operable. [...]
Multi-functional Transforming Drawer House in Tokyo
This is the drawer house created by Japanese architects Nendo in Tokyo, Japan. It’s a multi-functional residential home that transforms according to what you’re doing whether it’s cooking, sleeping, entertaining, dining, bathing, or studying. Everything pulls out of one wall so that just like a drawer, you can pull out and put away whatever you [...]
Start Up Group at Harvard Designing and Building Tiny Houses
This Harvard start up for tiny house living is a guest post by Pete Davis – share yours! I am Pete Davis, one of the co-founders of Getaway, the first and only tiny house startup to come out of Harvard University’s Innovation Lab. We build tiny houses, place them on beautiful rural land and rent them [...]
Modern Eco Pod Tiny House by Pod Space
This is the Eco Pod model by Pod Space, a British company that designs and prefabricated garden structures. You can use them as guests houses, micro homes, home offices, garden sheds, or anything else you can think of. In this case you’ll see that this Eco Pod is designed to be used as a backyard [...]
280 Sq. Ft. Y:Cube Prefab Tiny Houses in London
The Y:Cube is a Lego-style prefabricated tiny housing solution designed to alleviate the affordable housing shortage in London after a report by the English Housing Survey revealed that most renters throughout England are spending 47 percent of their entire after-tax income on rent. And according to this article from Russia Times, people in London are spending even more [...]
Heart of It All House: 224 Sq. Ft. Tiny hOMe
This is a guest post by Trevor Gay @heartofitallhouse – share your tiny house! Much like everyone else who’s built their own home or Tiny House, it’s a bittersweet feeling to see the project come to completion. So many long nights and weekends of pouring your family, your friends, and your own blood, sweat, and [...]