With 10′ tall glass walls on three sides, the main room is as immersed in the natural environment as a conditioned indoor space can be. The writer only has to look up to watch passing wildlife and enjoy unimpeded views of the surrounding landscape. The fourth wall has bookshelves on one side and a concealed …
The Monaco is a studio granny flat, where the living space duals as a bedroom. It features a tiled bathroom, full kitchen, meals area and the dual living/sleeping area. It comes with all the quality features that are standard in Nova Deko modular homes, such as a quality kitchen with cabinetry in 2-pac finish and …
Drawers and storage bins built into the floor provide enough storage to keep the 35 m2 (377 ft2) studio free of clutter. The kitchen cabinets are tucked under the bedroom level with the concrete countertop only being revealed when a section of the bedroom floor is flipped up to act as the backsplash.” – Small House Bliss Read …
With the immense popularity of the Island House in numerous publications and websites, 2by4-architects decided to develop a prefabricated version based upon it. The prefab house has the same gabled shape and (mostly) glazed end walls, however it does not have the folding wall. That was made possible by the structural steel frame of the …
Structural insulated panel construction, made with super insulated foam, superior materials to average stick-built house. Drywall interior with wood window trim, bamboo flooring. Anderson 100 series doors and windows. Sliding glass door with lock, fully operable awning windows. Waterproof building envelope with rainscreen and hardie panel siding. Totally wired with 7 outlets, 2 20-amp circuits. …
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Down to Earth designed this 500 SF strawbale studio apartment in Arlington, Virginia. It was built on an existing pad foundation. Walls are strawbale infill around a timber frame structure. Exterior has wood siding, while interior uses clay plaster dug from the site. Most of the interior materials were salvage or repurposed, including the windows, …
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This 440 ft2 (40.9 m2) weeHouse has just two rooms, an all-in-one living space and a bathroom. The living space has a bed placed in the middle of the room with a kitchenette and dining area at one end and a small sitting area at the other end. Custom cabinetry and wood finishes dress up the …
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The Stannexe, named by the client as it is both a Studio and Annexe began life as a trapezoidal car garage with an up and over door and a leaky flat roof. Our brief was to create a bright, well insulated space that could accommodate a small family for short periods and also be used …
“Its under 120 sq ft and has served as PhD thesis writing pad, hangout zone, overnight guest bedroom, yoga and music studio and its just a wonderful place to watch green sunsets across the redwood valley here.” -Bruce See inside this tiny cabin at Relaxshacks.com.
Cúbica is a company in Costa Rica that specializes in alternative construction based on repurposed shipping containers. They have built housing, commercial and institutional projects from cast-off containers. Cúbica cites lower cost, short delivery times, earthquake resistance and low maintenance” – Small House Bliss See inside and read more…
“The Box” is a tiny house in the woods hand-built by architect Ralph Erskine. He would later go on to design influential buildings in Sweden, England and Canada. In 1941 though, he was a young unknown English architect who had traveled to Sweden to work with architects he admired. The finished house had roughly 20 m2(215 …
Sharing my halting weekend attempts at soothing shabby French-Nordic décor & antique rose gardening at a 125 square foot studio in the Catskills of New York with three dogs and 11 hens.” – Sandy Foster Follow Sandy on Facebook and Pinterest. See more of Sandy’s Shabby Streamside Studio.
