The Pod. Cabin Charm: 13 More Handsome Handmade Homes - WebEcoist. Whether you’re dreaming about a rustic hand-built cabin in the woods or drooling over modern prefab designs, these 13 cabins will give you some inspiration to downsize your life.
Small and often portable, these homes can be placed just about anywhere, and many were constructed on the cheap by owners with little prior building experience. Secluded Rustic Cabin in New York This secluded rustic cabin in New York is what living-in-the-woods fantasies are made of. The weathered wood, the stone terrace, the large windows looking over a bubbling brook – everything about it is idyllic. Located in Sullivan County, it’s totally off grid and made from 100-year-old reclaimed barn wood.
. $11,000 Off Grid Cabin in Oregon For just $11,000, an Oregon kayaking instructor built the Japanese-inspired woodland home of his dreams. Tiny Tahoe Micro-Cabin This cute little handmade cabin in Tahoe, California measures just 196 square feet. Microhouse1. LIving Untethered: 14 Beautiful Off-Grid Cabins & Cottages - WebEcoist. 14 More Modern Tiny Houses & Backyard Getaways - WebEcoist. The term ‘tiny house’ once largely described a legion of ugly campers and extremely humble cabins, but as minimalist living becomes more popular, architects are working their design magic to create stunning small-scale structures.
These 14 (more!) Tiny house designs include chic and modern studios, workspaces, guest houses, saunas and other ‘backyard getaways’ as well as fully functional residences with all the basic amenities you’d expect. Mineral House (images via: cool hunter) Measuring 480 square feet, the Mineral House is a highly unusual small structure in downtown Tokyo’s Nakano ward. Tiny Houses - WebEcoist. 13 More Modern, Mobile & Modular Tiny House Designs - WebEcoist.
Could you live in 200 square feet or less?
For most people, the answer to that question is an emphatic no – but perhaps that’s because you’ve never seen some of the amazingly imaginative, well-designed tiny houses that are popping up around the world. Dwelle's Super Minimalistic Prefabs Make Swell Dwellings. UK-based Dwelle has unveiled a brilliant set of prefabs that illustrate how small living is the new way to live big.
With a tiny footprint (the bigger of the two is 253 sq. feet), understated modern design, and sustainable features like insulation made from 100% recycled newspapers, double glazed windows and the ability to achieve zero-carbon status, these sophisticated houses definitely are overcompensating for their small size — and we like it! Recently, we were flabbergasted when a reader commented on Facebook that 700 square feet hardly seemed like enough room to live. Portable Prefab Version of a Classic Log Cabin. The ‘Flake House’ by OLGGA Architects is a nomadic home that from certain angles, looks like a stack of logs.
The transportable two-piece log cabin is a road ready dwelling that looks as if it has been broken right down the middle. has been conceived to clad the places wherever it lands, as to transpose theses in an unusual vision. ÁBATON: Portable Home ÁPH80. ÁBATON has developed the ÁPH80 series as a dwelling ideal for 2 people, easily transported by road and ready to be placed almost anywhere.
The proportions are the result of a thorough study by our architects' team so that the different spaces are recognizable and the feeling indoors is one of fullness. It is a simple yet sturdy construction made of materials chosen to provide both comfort and balance. Minibox: A tiny, colorful building block for your active lifestyle — ideabox. MOSS Prefabricated Office Allows Employees to Work From Home. As a way to cut down on daily commutes and encourage more people to work from home, Victor Vetterlein has designed Micro Office Systems Space (MOSS), a prefabricated home office powered by clean energy.
The offices are a 13-foot octogonal shape, designed to be either leased or purchased and installed in employees driveways, backyards, or even on the roof. The best part? They connect right into the main office. Vetterlein sees this as a great way to boost productivity and get a few cars off the road without sacrificing environmental impact. The structure is made of laminated tree farm wood and steel connection plates, and the interior is made of Structural Insulated Panels.
Radiant underfloor heating and a wood-fired stove keep it toasty warm in the winter, and the solar panels that provide electricity also provide shade in the summer. Assemble Your Tiny Home Faster Than IKEA Furniture with AbleNook. Imagine that you could assemble your home in a matter of hours, as easily as you put together a desk that you bought from IKEA.
Imagine that it dissembled more easily than the IKEA desk so that you could take it anywhere, even the harshest of environments. More sturdy than a trailer, with a more beautiful architectural aesthetic, the AbleNook expandable portable dwelling is a tiny home design that is looking for your help to become a reality for disaster victims, military families, and lovers of sustainable living around the world. The AbleNook concept shelter is billed as “a rapidly deployable portable structure” of interlocking components that can be put together without tools by just about anyone.
Prefab Norris House in Tennessee is a Living Lab for Energy and Water Use. Bunkie is a Tiny Prefab Home For Your Favorite Getaway Location. This tiny prefab house is the perfect space for anyone who dreams of weekend retreats in the countryside enjoying the great outdoors.
A collaboration between 608 Design and BLDG Workshop, “Bunkie” brings together everything you need for minimalist, affordable, and eco-friendly living. CNC milling technology was used to cut large pieces of the house at a time, saving materials, money, and labor hours. FabCab’s Versatile 550 Square Foot Design. We’ve talked before about some of the stylish designs from FabCab, and today’s post is the first of three that will outline some of the newer, more versatile home designs.
All FabCab home packages are pre-cut and ready to ship to most building sites, offering an easy way to get started on the low impact cottage of your dreams. The first model is only 550 square feet, and one of the most versatile designs available. In most jurisdictions, this size fits within backyard cottage/accessory dwelling unit requirements, making it perfect to use as a small hunting cabin, guest bedroom, or cozy work studio. The one-bed, one-bath open floor plan includes a full-sized kitchen and walk-in closet, plus a curbless shower for extra space and luxury in every corner of the home. A favorite feature of many FabCab homeowners is the loft space above the bathroom, which can be used as storage for seasonal wares. Images via FabCab.com. D-Process Creates Lego-Like Pieces for Homes to be Built Right On Site. Facit Homes has patented the D-Process, a high-tech machine that turns a 3D computer model of a home into functional pieces that can be snapped together to build an entire house directly on-site.
With the help of D-Process, the company designs detailed pieces of each home on a computer and cuts them on a CNC router, and the result is plywood pieces that are light and easy to assemble right at the site. This maintains a quick process for homes that easily snap together with minimal costs and waste. Each home also has a thermal envelope that seals in heat and energy. There are also options for solar thermal systems and solar panels, depending on the specific site and requirements.
The D-Process is in the running for a 2013 Index Award, which is part of an organization that seeks to provide sustainable solutions to design and lifestyle challenges. A Nomad Micro Home is Easier to Assemble Than Furniture. The Nomad Micro home is the brainchild of Vancouver architect Ian Kent, who is currently raising funds to begin producing the home through an Indie Go Go campaign. The Nomad Micro Home can be described as a sustainable tiny house kit.
It is so small and lightweight that the buyer can ship it anywhere in the world, and once it arrives, anyone with some basic carpentry skills can assemble it on their own. The Nomad Micro Home measures a measly 10×10 feet and features a living room, kitchen, and an upstairs sleeping loft. However, due to the size constraints, several of these serve a double purpose. For example, the shelves in the kitchen are also the stairs to the loft area and the whole bathroom is also a shower. The base Nomad Micro house kit will cost $25,000, which does not include optional extras such as solar panels. MiniHome Solo 40 Could be the Prefab of the Future. Altius RSA (Rapid Systems Architecture), the makers of MiniHomes recently unveiled their newest prefab housing model, the Solo 40. The company has been designing and manufacturing eco-friendly and sustainable prefab homes since 2002, and their latest model offers a great balance between wide market appeal and price.
The Solo 40 is longer, wider, more spacious, and resembles conventional homes in its layout. It measures 480 square feet and the fully equipped model costs only $195 per square foot. The units can be shipped from the company’s facilities in Ontario or California. The Solo 40 model is highly customizable and offers a very spacious interior layout to work with. As all the models offered by Altius, the Solo 40 is a very energy efficient building. The Solo 40 is constructed from natural, renewable, durable and recyclable materials, a high percentage of which contains recycled content. Polyhedral Tiny House Makes For a Very Unique Cabin. Architect Jaanus Orgusaar from Estonia has designed a tiny modular house that is also a polyhedral form. This fascinating shape occurs in nature, such as in the molecular build up of diamonds and in honeycombs, and it is quite interesting to see it applied to a house.
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