Off The Grid

How to live semi-permanently in your own little paradise.

Why This Japanese Architect Cut Power to the Grid Just 10 Days Before Building His Family Home

Why This Japanese Architect Cut Power to the Grid Just 10 Days Before Building His Family Home

Wildfires Leveled Their Northern California Home Twice. They Still Wanted to Build Again

Wildfires Leveled Their Northern California Home Twice. They Still Wanted to Build Again

This Home in the Ontario Wilderness Is 12 Miles From the Nearest Powerline

This Home in the Ontario Wilderness Is 12 Miles From the Nearest Powerline

A Pilgrimage to the Original Viral Cabin: Dick Proenneke’s Alaska Home

A Pilgrimage to the Original Viral Cabin: Dick Proenneke’s Alaska Home

Budget Breakdown: A Shipping Container Is Transformed Into an Off-Grid Tiny Home for $23K

Budget Breakdown: A Shipping Container Is Transformed Into an Off-Grid Tiny Home for $23K

You Can Rent These Floating Cabins Year-Round—Even When the Water Freezes

You Can Rent These Floating Cabins Year-Round—Even When the Water Freezes

This Stacked Concrete Home Is Not Your Typical Golf Course Dwelling

This Stacked Concrete Home Is Not Your Typical Golf Course Dwelling

A Group of Friends Build an Off-Grid Tree House in New York for $20K

A Group of Friends Build an Off-Grid Tree House in New York for $20K

This Mexican Prefab Cabin Avoids Clichés While Framing Nature

This Mexican Prefab Cabin Avoids Clichés While Framing Nature

In Phoenix, an Architect Couple Turn a Ranch House Into the Suburban Equivalent of a Loft

In Phoenix, an Architect Couple Turn a Ranch House Into the Suburban Equivalent of a Loft

This Off-Grid Summer Cabin Is Only Accessible by Boat

This Off-Grid Summer Cabin Is Only Accessible by Boat

In California’s High Desert, the Off-Grid iT House Takes Advantage of the Sun

In California’s High Desert, the Off-Grid iT House Takes Advantage of the Sun

In Rural Ontario, a Creative Array of Passive Energy-Saving Strategies Takes a Home Off-Grid

In Rural Ontario, a Creative Array of Passive Energy-Saving Strategies Takes a Home Off-Grid

Massive Sliding Doors Connect a Hawaii Home to Its Mountainside Setting

Massive Sliding Doors Connect a Hawaii Home to Its Mountainside Setting

Two DIYers Erect an Off-Grid Cabin in the Canadian Rockies for Next to Nothing

Two DIYers Erect an Off-Grid Cabin in the Canadian Rockies for Next to Nothing

Low-Tech Utopia: Inside a Japanese Greenhouse Commune

Low-Tech Utopia: Inside a Japanese Greenhouse Commune

In Northern Michigan, a Geodesic Dome Offers Visitors an Escape Pod From Daily Life

In Northern Michigan, a Geodesic Dome Offers Visitors an Escape Pod From Daily Life

This Floating Sauna Brings a Touch of Scandinavia to Coastal Connecticut

This Floating Sauna Brings a Touch of Scandinavia to Coastal Connecticut

These $5.9K Cedar Hot Tubs Let You Soak in the Views

These $5.9K Cedar Hot Tubs Let You Soak in the Views

Budget Breakdown: A Canadian Couple Test Their DIY Mettle With a $112K Off-Grid Cabin

Budget Breakdown: A Canadian Couple Test Their DIY Mettle With a $112K Off-Grid Cabin

Will This Off-Grid, Solar-Powered Home in the New Mexico Desert Help the Housing Crisis?

Will This Off-Grid, Solar-Powered Home in the New Mexico Desert Help the Housing Crisis?

Looking for a New Direction, a Couple Build an Arrow-Shaped Off-Grid Home in Patagonia

Looking for a New Direction, a Couple Build an Arrow-Shaped Off-Grid Home in Patagonia

It’s Your Average Off-Grid Shipping Container Home—Just Set on a Tall Metal Tower

It’s Your Average Off-Grid Shipping Container Home—Just Set on a Tall Metal Tower

Two Friends Bought Utah Land as College Grads. Now They’ve Built an Off-Grid Retreat for Retirement

Two Friends Bought Utah Land as College Grads. Now They’ve Built an Off-Grid Retreat for Retirement

The Tide Turns for a Trio of Prefab Pod Houses in the San Juan Islands

The Tide Turns for a Trio of Prefab Pod Houses in the San Juan Islands

This Radical Quebec “Cabin” Doubles as a Habitat for Endangered Bats

This Radical Quebec “Cabin” Doubles as a Habitat for Endangered Bats

Bowlus Just Launched a Lighter, Less-Expensive Travel Trailer for $159K

Bowlus Just Launched a Lighter, Less-Expensive Travel Trailer for $159K

One of Argentina’s First Passive Houses Stands Tall Above Rising Tides

One of Argentina’s First Passive Houses Stands Tall Above Rising Tides

This Kitchen Maker Is Upcycling Offcuts to Create $59K Tiny Cabins

This Kitchen Maker Is Upcycling Offcuts to Create $59K Tiny Cabins

My House: A Roaming Couple Settle Down by DIYing a Tiny Cabin for Less Than $10K

My House: A Roaming Couple Settle Down by DIYing a Tiny Cabin for Less Than $10K

A Family Builds a Fairy-Tale Tree House in the Woods of Colorado

A Family Builds a Fairy-Tale Tree House in the Woods of Colorado

How One Woman Pulled Anchor and Set Sail in a Solar-Powered Tiny Home

How One Woman Pulled Anchor and Set Sail in a Solar-Powered Tiny Home

260 Square Feet of Tree House Is All a Portuguese Family Needs for the Summer

260 Square Feet of Tree House Is All a Portuguese Family Needs for the Summer

A Prefab Home Takes Shape Among the Boulders of Yucca Valley

A Prefab Home Takes Shape Among the Boulders of Yucca Valley

An Off-Grid Tiny Home Experiment Puts a Group of Students to the Test

An Off-Grid Tiny Home Experiment Puts a Group of Students to the Test

A Tiny Off-Grid Cabin in Remote Italy Is as Easy to Take Apart as It Was to Build

A Tiny Off-Grid Cabin in Remote Italy Is as Easy to Take Apart as It Was to Build

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