Tiny Footprint
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Build Tiny was commissioned by a young couple who work on boats and are used to dealing with very small sleeping quarters. The New Zealand firm focused on maximizing storage space and offering a modern, light-filled interior layout.
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CoMak Tiny Homes in Pennsylvania has transformed an old mobile hunting cabin into a stunning micro house on wheels. The Mountain is a 150-sq-ft tiny house that boasts star-gazing attributes with a glass roof bedroom and bathroom.
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We typically associate Rocky Mountain Tiny Houses with large towable homes, but its Rhode Island Red measures just 14 ft in length and features a simple interior layout that reflects its compact dimensions and its relatively low budget of $38,000.
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Helsinki-based architectural firm Studio Puisto has recently completed the first of 25 tiny tree-top cabins. The 30-sq-m Niliaitta prototype balances on a single central pillar and was inspired by traditional Niliaitta food storage huts.
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We've seen tiny houses that extend upward, tiny houses that extend outward, and even tiny houses that take the roof off, but Brette Haus puts a new spin on the small living movement with a folding design intended for easier transportation.
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The latest tiny house from Baluchon measures just 6 meters long and can sleep up to two people full-time, with an extra sleeping space for a guest too. It also has a skylight in the loft bedroom so the owner can fall asleep while stargazing.
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Pin-Up Houses recently completed a new tiny house that's based on a shipping container and cost $21,000 to build. Named Gaia, it offers full off-the-grid functionality with solar panels, a wind turbine, and rainwater collection system.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.