Tiny Houses

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.

This simple but somewhat colorful-looking tiny house serves as the primary home for its owner and child. Though it sports compact dimensions, it has some notable features, including a bathtub, a netted play area, and a relatively spacious kitchen.

Design studio Autonomous has created an assemble yourself building kit designed to easily pop up in the backyard. The Pod can be used as an outdoor office space, games room, gym, art studio or guest room and can be assembled in just one day.

New Frontier Design's latest tiny house is named the Luna. The towable home measures just 25 ft in length and provides a compact interior layout that puts the focus on the view with floor-to-ceiling glazing at one end.

Commissioned by a couple who wanted space for themselves, plus a little extra in case their family grows, Baluchon created a compact tiny house centered around a large kitchen that also has a pair of bedrooms joined by a net.

This year has been a bumper one for downsizing and, as 2022 fast approaches, we've chosen a selection of the most interesting, innovative, and well-designed examples of small living we've seen throughout the year.

Redukt has created a compact tiny house that opens up to the outside via large glazed doors installed on both sides of the home. It also runs off-the-grid and has a well thought-out interior layout that makes the most of the limited space available.

A lot of North American tiny houses are huge luxurious models. However, this off-grid tiny house by We Shelter People harkens back to the tiny house movement's roots by keeping things small and simple – and relatively affordable too.

How do you squeeze a bedroom into a compact tiny house, while still maintaining a well-proportioned living space? For its latest model, Build Tiny chose to not to bother, and instead equipped the off-grid dwelling with a space-saving elevating bed.

When you're dealing with the kind of small living space offered by a tiny house, maximizing glazing can really help it feel less cramped. Baluchon embraced this approach with its Ia Orana build, which really opens up the home to light and views.

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.