Hut-on-a-Roof
Finding a personal retreat or haven of sorts in a city can be a daunting task. With no room to stake land in a cramped city grid, it seems the only…
(Small?) Natural Homes Google Mashup
Natural Homes just launched a brilliant Google Maps mashup where you can find low-impact natural homes of straw bale, cob, earthbag, timber frame a…
Glow Green with a BrightBuilt Barn
With the trend of green building sweeping today’s approach to architecture, we frequently lose sight of the meaning behind all this commotion. It b…
Prefab Small House – Bungalow in a Box
Here’s one for the Legomaniacs of us who have graduated to building real houses: Bungalow in a Box. Based out of Woolwich, ME, wife and husband te…
Rocio Romero’s Prefab LVM
The cut of architect Rocio Romero jib is well worth mentioning here at Small House Style. Young, creative, educated and all about small homes w…
Lifecycle Building Challenge 3: Let’s see some Small Houses!
Calling all small house and home designers and builders. The EPA is urging professional and student architects, builders and product developers to …
Small house living is in… in Japan
Living small is in… in Japan. A younger generation of Japanese with modest budgets are showing demand for ultra-compact homes, known as kyo-sho-…
Tumbleweed’s biggest house yet: the B-53… AND it’s still small!
For those of you thinking that the small house movement is just too small, the B-53 (743/837 sq ft) was recently added to the Tumbleweed Tiny H…
The “King” of Small Houses: tiny houses the Vermont way
Meet Peter King, Vermont’s “King” of tiny houses. Keep it simple the Peter King way: 2-3 days per week and $200 to $300 per month. Enjoy this Ver…
CNN Video: Tiny homes big in down economy OR CNN loves Tumbleweed Tiny Homes
The world is learning to live small and Jay Shafer is leading the way. CNN even says so! Mortgage free? $75/year in utilities? Not a slave to y…