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This tiny house in Indore, India, is designed to accommodate a family of four. It occupies a minimal footprint of 210 square feet.

The Cabin is used by a couple with a young child, who spend their weekends here while a larger country home is under construction.

"The composite structure is extraordinarily durable,

The tree house features a rooftop deck and a steel slide beside the entrance staircase.

The barn-style front doorsstay open during warmer months, giving a view of Eugenia’s garden. A floating desk, Hay Design coffee table and separate couch offer additional seating in the downstairs area.

The micro apartment in Paris that Miogui Architecture designed for a couple as an office/pied-à-terre lives much larger than its 137 square feet.

The raspberry red bedroom and living area with a cobalt blue desk by NOKE Architects, a red chair by HAY, and a Groovy Chair by Pierre Paulin.

Many of the trees on Jeff and Molly's property were damaged and killed by the forest fire. Before the duo hatched a plan for the new cabin, they started milling the felled trees on site, without knowing exactly how they would use the lumber.

A series of long stairs leads to Maison Amtrak, which is set below street level. The entranceway demonstrates Cohen’s love of Japanese design with a geometric simplicity matched only by the formal elegance of the stained Douglas fir two-by-fours.

Maison Amtrak, Peter and Saly Cohen's home, is the latest of five spine and module houses he's designed. Clipping rooms, decks and the garage onto a central spine makes Cohen's designs high adaptable to different sites.

Floor-to-ceiling glazing and a linear skylight help welcome the landscape within the cabin’s small footprint.

Pictured here are two of the students at work on the Chicken Chapel. "They were great," Moskow says. "It'd be sunny in the morning then there'd be a rainstorm in the afternoon, but no one complained. It took really, really long days to finish it but they were gung-ho to get it done and were very proud of it at the end."

After a forest fire destroyed their cabin in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Jeff Waldman and Molly Fiffer built a new retreat with salvaged, charred timber and a community of friends.

The primary bedroom cabin sits in a natural clearing amongst the trees, allowing for a water view and copious sunlight. The boulder-studded coast offers gently sloping paths to the ocean for a quick dip.

Architect Merritt Amanti Palminteri reinvented her family home to add volume, flow, and infinite charm without changing the footprint.

A sliding glass door opens onto a terrace.

Friends gather for a fireside sing-along on Dani’s property.