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In the evening warm lighting shines through the oval-shape window and the large glass doors on the front facade, creating a lantern-like effect for the tiny cabin.

Solar panels are installed on the sloped roof and help to produce energy for the tiny cabin, which features a large wood deck on the front facade.

Vertical Thermowood shutters can be opened or closed, offering connection to the landscape or privacy when needed.

Ursa T.O.W. (tiny on wheels), the tiny mobile cabin in Lisbon, Portugal, designed by Madeiguincho, is wrapped in vertical Thermowood boards.

Gaia Off-Grid Shipping Container Home exploded axonometric drawing

The eco-friendly escape is powered by solar panels and a wind turbine—and it even includes a full bath.

An expansive wood deck on the front facade extends the living space and creates an indoor/outdoor experience.

The blackened timber–clad cabin that arba designed in Longueil, Normandy, France, is marked by large glass doors, layered with wood slats that slide open and connect the home to its lush landscape.

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

Architect Gonçalo Marrote of Madeiguincho walks the perimeter of the tree house.

"It's simple, yet it's expressive,” Scardulla says. “We don't like excesses. We don't like when you enter a space, and everything is immediately declared, everything is clear. We like discovery and complexity. That's why we love that you get there and you get to the door, and you have one perception, then you enter and get another, step down, and have a new perception, and so on. You take the bed down and get a new perception again."

Madison points out that the pod concept would make it easy to add an extension if necessary. “We see it as a house that can grow with us—and that we can pay for as we go along.”

Masa Arquitectos designed this minimalist house in Montevideo, Uruguay, for a young family on a tight budget who wanted to do most of the carpentry themselves.

A massive oculus frames views of the epic landscape.

The Portuguese firm Madeiguincho designed a trio of tiny homes for a regenerative agriculture farm in Alqueva in southeast Portugal.

The prefabs are built on a standard concrete pier foundation. MyCabin can design a stem wall or helical pile foundation at an additional cost if they receive a soil report for the site.

A worm filter system treats all of the home’s black water, producing fertilizer to regenerate the soil.