Micro-House

The Kererū Tiny House is based on a detachable trailer, allowing its owners to permanently install it with relative ease. Though compact, its interior can actually sleep up to six – as long as a couple of guests don't mind roughing it on a sofa bed.

At a glance, the Imago Iter may look like a typical tiny house, but its interior is better thought of as a simple cabin. It does without a lot of the features we often see in such models to offer a very compact and easily towable living space.

Straight out of the smart, sustainable suburbs of an extraterrestrial future, the Nestron Cube Two X is a step toward the next generation of modular living. It has extra space and big views (of Earth, Mars or elsewhere) out large windows and skylights.

Norwegian architectural studio Norske Mikrohus, specializing in tiny homes on wheels, has launched its latest model. The 16-sq-m Rast comfortably accommodates up to four adults and is light enough to travel on the road with a standard SUV.

Baluchon goes to great efforts to maximize living space with its models – and this is the case with its recently completed Farniente too. It features a relatively spacious kitchen, a movie projector with a pull-down screen, and a small porch area.

Build Tiny has designed a tiny house with a compact layout that's all on one level. Named the Piwakawaka, it features a well-stocked kitchen, and a bedroom and living room that open up to the outside with double glass doors.

Twente Additive Manufacturing has designed what it calls the first 3D-printed home in Canada. Named the Fibonacci House, the concrete tiny house is inspired by the Fibonacci number sequence, and is available for rent on Airbnb.

Forget the stereotype of a shed on wheels, some of the largest tiny houses are more like apartments and push the boundaries of what's possible in a towable home. With this in mind, we have a look at five of the biggest tiny houses we've seen so far.

Casa Ojalá defies easy classification, but is a definite departure from the shed-on-wheels design of most tiny houses. It features a flexible interior layout and space-saving furniture, as well as sliding walls that open it up to the outside.

Minimaliste's recently completed Noyer XL takes the spacious design of its hardy Noyer tiny house and makes it even bigger, with a home measuring 35 ft in length that offers a generous interior layout and lots of storage space.

Minimaliste's Magnolia V7 is the seventh iteration of the Canadian firm's popular Magnolia tiny house. It's very long and also has an increased width, providing a spacious interior that includes a generous living room and master bedroom.

Canadian couple Heather and Kevin Fritz are turning heads with their very first tiny home build. The home was specifically built for the harsh Canadian climate, which can hit -40 ºC during the winter months.