Secrets of Shed Building is running their third design competition, this time for a shed with exterior space they are calling a Porch Shed. Entries close on May 15, 2010. For complete details and competition rules see the Secrets of Shed Building website.
Tag: shedworking
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Taliesin Shelters
These amazing little buildings were created by students of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture and if you’re ever in the area of Taliesin West you can take the Desert Shelter Tour and get a close-up look. I first saw this on Shedworking.
Taliesin Shelters
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The Shepherd’s Rest
The Shepherd’s Rest, located in the UK, builds shepherds huts similar to those that were used for centuries in rural England. These are built with new materials and to a very high level of quality.
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Ecospace Workpod
Very nice little backyard home office built by Ecospace available in the UK. It features a nice modern design, ample insulation, double glazed glass windows, and fairly quick setup.
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Virginia Hand’s Garden Office
This is garden designer Virginia Hand’s garden office. It was recently featured in an article in the Seattle Times. I spotted it on shedworking. Photo by Ken Lambert
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Garden Office Kit
I really wish more American companies would jump in on the tiny house (garden office) bandwagon. There are so many great designs for modern manufactured tiny buildings coming out of the UK, like this one from Garenberg. To top it all off this beautiful little building comes as a kit the owner-builder assembles themselves.
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Enter the Blob
With rumors of an imminent disclosure of the extraterrestrial presence bouncing around the web this week I thought it would be fun to lead off with this alien looking tiny house called the Blob created by architects at dmvA. Inside the hard egg-like shell is a small living space with a bathroom and walls covered in cubby holes for storage of household items. You can also see that it has a door on the side and one end opens like a spaceship hatch.
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sipsFORM Sustainable Buildings
There are some easy to build, sustainable, and small structures coming out of the UK. They are built from structural insulated panels and you can see several of their designs on the sipsFORM website.
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Arctic Shed
2-B-2 Architecture has a shelter solution for those working in the extreme conditions of the Arctic. This until will support three people and is moved from site to site.
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Bug Out Vehicle Becomes Art
Here’s a great house truck commissioned by The Creative Foundation for Tales of Time and Space and built by Roger Beck. It’s based on a former army Bedford Green Goddess fire truck. Roger Back is a well known house truck builder in the US and author of Some Turtles Have Nice Shells.
