Tiny Houses

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.

We associate Minimaliste with spacious homes that can withstand extremes in hot and cold weather. With the Nomad, the firm has retained the same hardy four-season tiny house design, but it's offered in a smaller and easier to tow model.

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.

Though it has a total length of just 7.2 m, the River Bank tiny house packs quite a lot of features into its compact frame. It includes movable furniture, lots of storage space, a relatively well-proportioned kitchen, and an upstairs home office.

New Zealand-based Build Tiny's latest model is one of its smallest to date. Named Autumn, the tiny house measures a total of just 6 m in length, and its compact interior boosts living space with a neat little raised net area.

Portuguese woodworking studio Madeiguincho was inspired to turn its hand to tiny house design. The latest result is the Ursa, which has a compact space-saving interior and runs off-the-grid with solar panels and a rainwater capture system.

Minimaliste's latest iteration of its Noyer tiny house, the Noyer XL V2, retains the superb all-weather performance of its predecessors, while offering an even more spacious interior that contains lots of storage space.

At a glance, you might think that the wedge-shaped Gawthorne's Hut was a simple farm building – and that's by design. Its utilitarian form references a hay shed destroyed in a storm in 2017. It also runs off-the-grid thanks to solar power.

The Rourou Iti is a cleverly designed tiny house arranged around a living area that opens up to the outside with large glazed doors. Upstairs lies a master bedroom plus a secondary bedroom/home office that are linked by a gangway for easy movement.

Following the shortlist earlier this year, the winner of the Cuprinol 2021 Shed of the Year competition has been declared. Model and social media influencer Danielle Zarb-Cousin won with her 1970s-inspired cocktail bar, Creme de Menthe.

Timbercraft Tiny Homes has redesigned its Denali XL tiny house and added a couple of loft bedrooms, increasing the maximum sleeping capacity to six while offering a spacious and well-stocked interior with a cottage-like feel.