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Tiny houses are usually a compromise between livability and portability, but this model's clever design offers the best of both. Its loft roofs provide full standing height in its bedrooms when stationary, and fold down to allow for easier travel.

For its Luke tiny house, Backcountry Containers connects a large and a small shipping container together. This creates a surprisingly spacious interior layout that sleeps two in comfort and starts at $125,000.

Whichever way you cut it, an 18-ft-long tiny house isn’t exactly palatial. However, thanks to some clever design choices, the Five Four does a good job of maximizing living space and even squeezes in two bedrooms.

Here's a novel take on tiny living, courtesy of Elsewhere Pods. Named the Beaufort Bushland Retreat, it takes the form of a glass house on wheels that offers amazing views of the surrounding countryside.

With its rugged exterior and compact footprint, Plume envisions its pint-sized Botanical Cabin as a lodge on wheels. The tiny house features a light-filled interior layout on one level that's suitable for up to two people.

Though the Nano Micro House isn't the smallest tiny house we've ever seen, it's pretty close – and at $22,900, it's also one of the cheapest. This example of extreme downsizing sleeps two and has a surprisingly functional interior.

An ambitious new development is planned to tackle the need for new housing. Envisioned for a disused dock space, it will create 100 new prefabricated homes and become the largest floating community in Europe.

Dragon Tiny Homes' new and improved Kemi model is a compact tiny house that draws on Scandinavian design. It features a space-saving interior that's well-suited to vacations and sleeps up to four people.

Dragon Tiny Homes' Fairfax model is one of the most affordable tiny houses on the market. With a length of just 16 ft, it won't suit a large family, but it could be a good fit for a vacation home, or as a guest house.

This interesting take on small living involved renovating a dilapidated 1940s railway car to transform it into an affordable tiny house for two that's well-suited for vacations or as a guest house.

The Bellbird is a compact, single-level tiny house suitable for up to two people. It encourages indoor/outdoor living via its porch and offers lots of optional upgrades, including off-the-grid functionality.

Custom Container Living has transformed a shipping container into an ultra-compact tiny house that squeezes a home for two into 160 sq ft. Though certainly basic, it also doesn't break the bank at just $39,900.