Building and Construction

Though it has a length of just 24 ft, the Spruce tiny house maximizes its limited available space well. Its compact layout includes a sleeping loft with standing room, and even a small balcony area.

The Ecocapsule Box is a non-towable tiny house with a length of just 26 ft. Starting at roughly $64,000, the home has been designed to offer affordable off-the-grid living and features a compact and light-filled interior layout.

At just 26 ft in length, you could be forgiven for assuming the Vettel Haus is too compact to be comfortable. However, thanks to clever space-saving design, the tiny house offers a surprisingly capable interior and even includes a porch.

This tiny house has been designed as a rural getaway for two. Featuring a compact interior best suited to short stays, it has an open layout and a porch with an outdoor bathtub for soaking up the great outdoors.

The latest tiny house from Baluchon, the Avalon, combines contemporary exterior styling with a cleverly designed interior layout. Despite its compact footprint, the towable dwelling provides a practical and light-filled home for two.

It has been a long wait, but the extraordinary MAD Architects-designed Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is finally nearing completion in Los Angeles. The futuristic building is now slated to open next year.

This remarkable house was built using 3D printing technology, but with a sustainable twist: instead of being constructed from concrete like the majority of 3D-printed buildings, it's predominantly made from a soil-based mixture.

This extraordinary tiny house puts a new spin on small living – literally. The non-towable dwelling, named Micro-House: 3 Scenes of Home, features a novel rotating structural system that transforms its interior into different rooms as needed.

The Sonoma, by Spindrift Homes, is a two-person towable home that includes a spacious living room and a well-proportioned kitchen with lots of storage. It's sold complete with furniture for a relatively affordable $110,000.

The Khao Yai National Park in central Thailand has recently gotten a stunner of a hotel courtesy of Praxis architects. While the rooms are impressive, the real showstopper is the transparent semi-cantilevered pool at the heart of the resort.

Rising out of the ground like strange oversized lanterns, Hatai is an eye-catching project centered around two towers. Designed by Heatherwick Studio, the buildings will house a pair of hotels and are intended to enliven the local skyline.

According to a recent news report, Saudi Arabian authorities are taking a closer look at the feasibility of that most unfeasible of architecture projects, the Line, with potential consequences for its incredible ambition.