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Realrich Architecture Workshop made use of plastic, bamboo, and stone to create a remarkable three-story family home in Indonesia. The project also features a series of additional outbuildings, including one planned for use as a school.

Canadian tiny house firm Minimaliste recently completed an updated take on its cold weather-ready family model, the Charme. Appropriately named the Charme V2, the tiny house sleeps an impressive eight people, at a pinch.

Optinid's tiny houses stand out even in a crowded small living scene thanks to their sunroof-like sliding roofs, which open up the homes to the outside. The firm's newest model in this style also boasts solar panels and underfloor heating.

From a new twist on a wooden cabin to an experimental 3D-printed concrete house, our selection of the best houses of 2020 showcases the 10 most interesting and well-designed examples of residential architecture we've seen this year.

As 2020 comes to a close, we present our pick of the best, most innovative, and most unusual tiny houses we've seen this year, including a supersized tiny house that sleeps eight people and an unusual compact model based on an airplane fuselage.

GoSun is perhaps best known for its line of solar ovens and other neat outdoor gear. However, the firm has now completed an off-grid tiny house named the GoSun Dream that features a compact interior layout with an elevating bed.

The Ala Köl tiny house measures just 6 m in length. Such a small space is bound to feel a little cramped inside, so to try and mitigate this, Baluchon has added generous glazing, framing the view and offering lots of natural light inside.

The charmingly named Cyril the Tiny House is Build Tiny's latest towable dwelling, providing a home office and a few feline-friendly additions. It also runs fully off the grid with a solar panel and battery setup.

The Futuro is a rare UFO-like home that has gained cult status since its construction back in the 1960s. If you've always wanted to live in a house that looks like something from The Jetsons, you may be in luck as a model has come up for sale.

Sir David Adjaye has joined forces with Aston Martin to design five luxury homes in Adjaye's upcoming New York City skyscraper. They offer plush interiors with a heavy automotive influence – plus a special edition Aston Martin DBX is included.

Designer Caspar Schols puts a fresh spin on the classic wooden cabin with his recently-completed Anna Stay. Though it looks like a normal cabin at first glance, the unusual dwelling's walls can be slid apart to open it up to the outside.

Having been responsible for designing Britain's Antarctic Research Station, Hugh Broughton Architects knows how to keep humans alive in harsh conditions. The firm is using this experience to imagine what would be required to shelter humans on Mars.