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NEVER TOO SMALL: Stargazing Off Grid Tiny House, Australia – 19sqm/204sqft

March 9, 2023 john 14 224295 05:44

To learn more about Stella The Stagazer, Visit Victoria’s newest limited-edition off-grid accommodation experience head to https://www.visitvictoria.com/regions/stay-close-go-further/places-to-stay/stella-the-stargazer & https://www.visitvictoria.com/ Designed and built by the talented team at ample, Stella is a uniquely Victorian mobile tiny home built using salvaged and repurposed material from an original farm shack. A three kilowatt solar system, 4000 liter water…

NEVER TOO SMALL: Narrow L-Shaped Tiny House, Central Tokyo 50sqm/538sqft

December 15, 2022 john 13 1173038 07:51

Set on an oddly shaped, and extremely narrow plot commonly called a ‘Flagpole’ plot in Japan, Flagpole in Nakameguro tiny house is located in densely populated central Tokyo. Architecture firm SALHAUS worked closely to accommodate client David Sun’s specific requirements for the home, including a commercial kitchen and a forest-like rooftop garden. A feature facilitated…

Lego-style apartment transforms into infinite spaces

March 17, 2019 john 17 32951805 09:38

When Christian Schallert isn’t cooking, dressing, sleeping or eating, his 24 square meter (258 square feet) apartment looks like an empty cube. To use a piece of furniture, he has to build it. Located in Barcelona’s hip Born district, the tiny apartment is a remodeled pigeon loft. Designed by architect Barbara Appolloni, Christian says the…

Mechanical light cottage morphs sliding skin with use/seasons

July 3, 2018 john 18 868143 19:35

When his mother began talking about putting a prefab in her backyard, Caspar Schols- a physicist by training- was working at a tech firm, but had always loved architecture and asked if he could design her something special. Wanting to create a home that you could change as easily as you change your clothes, Schols…

Adaptive space-saving bed snaps into ceiling when not needed

May 1, 2016 john 0 668802 10:49

At the beginning of the 20th century William Murphy patented an idea of a “disappearing bed” (among others) and the wall bed, pull down bed or fold-down bed was popularized in America. In Europe, the 21st century equivalent is the ceiling bed. In 2004, Parisian designers Décadrages released their version of the hovering bed with…

Macy Miller builds adaptive small home for family of 4 + dog

January 10, 2016 john 0 395597 18:01

Five years ago Macy Miller was “four years outside a foreclosure”, looking for a place to live with her Great Dane and in need of a hands-on project for her architecture training. Inspired by tiny house stories she began to read online, she set aside a year’s worth of rent payments (about $12,000), bought an…

Sheep wagons as classic campervan: the Airstream of pioneers

October 15, 2015 john 0 371497 20:56

Sheep wagons were once a common mobile home in the American West. These tiny structures (usually 7 to 8 feet wide and about 12 to 16 feet long) were used by sheep herders for months on end as they migrated across grazing land with their flocks. Kim Vader’s family began herding sheep in Idaho in…