Small Spaces

“Economy was always at the forefront of all of our decision making due to the high cost of building in California,” explains Kille. But that did not stop her and the design team from selecting strong color choices, like green kitchen cabinets and a bold orange-red front door.

The rear facade of the steel-clad tiny home has a large window that provides ventilation and an indoor/outdoor connection.

“From anywhere in the house, you have a sense of the outdoors,” says Melonie, “and yet it’s very private.” Ikegami agrees. “The building was really about the landscape—it can dissolve into the background,” he says. In the master bedroom, Japanese Tansu chests from the couple’s previous home flank a Duxiana bed. The full-height windows and swing door are from Western Window Systems.

An armchair designed by Carl Hansen & Son from Cult Design sits beside a vintage wood bench/occasional table on the cypress pine terrace, which joins the master suite and the open-plan kitchen, dining, and living area.

The light-filled living area includes a Le Corbusier leather chair and a caned lounge chair. A door on the far wall opens up to a balcony space.

Built as a warehouse, this 2,200-square-foot, one-bedroom home in East London kept its original layout, but now has an open bedroom on the mezzanine level.

From the living room wall, a panel folds down to reveal a bookshelf and form a table.

Designed by architect Tanja Rytkönen, Vista is a compact log home with a high pitched roof, and fully glazed façade.

A Honka Fusion log house is split into two separate living units with a shared entrance, Savukvartsi is energy efficient with very small carbon footprint.

Following the influential saying adopted by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, “less is more,