Tiny Homes

Ray Eames, House of Cards (with Charles Eames), 1952.

Nestled in a forest, the residence consists of three volumes.

"I won’t take the job if I can’t be real with myself in order to get it done," Hasui says.

Topped with translucent polycarbonate roof panels, the carport and storage shed helps buffer the home from the road.

“Our central challenge was to add a home to the forest without undermining nature,” architect Paul Bernier says.

A MODERN GLASS ADDITION IN BELGIUM For this tiny house in the Belgian forest, a little extra square footage comes in...

The first floor of the house used to be a warren of five tiny rooms, and the first thing you saw when you walked in the...

The homes are painted wood, and include a shaded deck space, plus full insulation and electricity, for a price of about...

“Designing a house is like writing a song: You try as best you can and you have to finish at some point.

The Leaf House is a lightweight, mobile trailer that was carefully engineered to weigh less than 5,000 pounds.

The Whitman House.

The homes are built on a concrete foundation and are typically constructed in only two days.

When settlers first made their homes on the prairies of North America, the sod house was the prevalent form of...

Robie House, Chicago, Illinois (1910)"Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility.

The roughly 160-square-foot modules, dubbed Mini House 2.0, were built in collaboration with Swedish manufacturer...

A recycled barndoor track and wheels affords privacy behind a siding covered panel.

Exterior of the backyard studio Riley McFerrin of Hinterland Design built for his client, a children's book illustrator.

A polychrome facade made of salvaged, 100-year-old barnwood gives this small, lofted cottage space its unique character.

A shipping container is perfectly sized to serve as a tiny guesthouse, as San Antonio artist Stacey Hill finds.

A Norwegian boathouse by TYIN featured in Cabins (Taschen, 2014).