When the City of Caldwell decided to build a new library, they chose to go tiny! They commissioned Tiny Idahomes, LLC to craft a 26’ mobile library that can bring books to readers all over the city. How cool is that! With its bright red roof, ...
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Community Village in Austin, With 500 Tiny Homes for the Homeless
Hundreds of thousands of people are homeless in the US. While there are homeless shelters, they are frequently too full to accommodate everyone, and also offer little or no privacy or safety for those inside. But around the country, there had been ...
The Bauhaus Campus in Berlin is an Experimental Tiny House Community
In a recent post, I featured a cool minimalist tiny house called aVOID. The aVOID tiny house spent some time at the Bauhaus Campus, which is an experimental community for tiny houses at the Bauhaus-Archive/Museum of Design in Berlin, which got me ...
Introducing Groningen, the Continuation of Keetwonen
In a recent post, I shared Keetwonen with you, a container housing project for students living in Amsterdam. Now I want to share Groningen. This development is also for students, and includes 249 dormitories. If the project looks similar to ...
Shipping Container Tiny Houses Are Making a Difference for Refugees in Germany
Tempohousing is an innovative company which creates housing solutions using shipping containers. These can include individual units as well as student dormitories and other larger developments. One project they have worked on which shows how tiny ...
These Tiny Containers Might Be the Coolest Student Housing Ever
I remember moving into my first dorm room. I was amazed at how small it was, and wondered where I would put everything. I was also surprised to discover I could get by fine on very little space, and that I didn’t mind sharing with a roommate. But was ...
Shipping Container Tiny Houses Make For a More Humane Homeless Shelter
I am really inspired by the affordable housing projects which I have seen from Tempohousing, a firm that uses container homes to create affordable solutions for students, refugees, and even the homeless. What you see here is a homeless shelter ...
3D Printed Tiny Homes Now Exist and They’re Cheaper Than We Expected
When 3D printers first came out, everyone said you could make anything using them. So far, I haven’t been overly blown away by a lot of what comes out of them—until now. Now, I am impressed. Check out the charity’s short film: Follow the ...
Dignity Village Provides Safe and Affordable Housing to Portland’s Most Vulnerable Residents
There are a lot of reasons tiny houses are awesome. They are beautiful to look at, and they present us with clever solutions for organizing space. But in some locations, they are actually transforming lives in a big way. Dignity Village was ...
Could These Tiny Sleeping Pods Be the Answer to London’s Homeless Problem?
Homelessness is a problem which is growing around the world. In London, there are more than 6,500 homeless residents with nowhere to feel safe. One enterprising architect named James Furzer has a plan to fix that. The genius of this design is ...
University of Southern California Students Are Creating Tiny Homes for Homeless People
Homelessness is a huge problem in Southern California. I would know—I nearly went homeless there myself when I was younger. Now there is a growing housing crisis with swiftly rising demand and even less supply to go around. To try and combat the ...
Could a Tiny House Village Be the Answer to Reno’s Homelessness Problem?
Homelessness is a problem which is on the rise in Reno. The cost to buy and rent housing has been mounting, and both the main homeless shelter and the overflow shelter in the city are completely full. While the city plans to construct another ...
Welcome to the World’s Tiniest Irish Pub
Ever dream of a visit to an Irish pub? Well, you may not need to book a plane ticket to experience it—you could actually have it in your very own backyard. The Shebeen is a tiny Irish pub which you can rent or own. The goal of The Shebeen was to ...
Detroit Builds First of Several Tiny Houses for Low-Income Families
Detroit has been battling the issue of inadequate housing solutions for low-income families for years now. One of their most recent solutions was found in the Cass Community where their social services network raised money to build a community of ...
Tiny South Australian Bar Gets Inspiration from Pixar’s Up
Squeezed between two office buildings in Adelaide, South Australia is a teeny-tiny bar called the “Pink Moon Saloon” which looks very similar to the tiny house in Pixar’s Up. The bar is only 336 square feet divided into three areas: the bar, a ...
Kickstarter Campaign Aims to Develop Toolkit to Help Others Build Their Own Tiny House
Marcin Jakubowski and Catarina Mota of Kansas City, Missouri is attempting to raise funds to develop an open source eco-building toolkit which will allow people to design and build their own tiny house quickly and efficiently by simply following the ...
Philanthropic Designer Builds Tiny Homes to Better Serve Homeless Population
When Pete was asked to help design a tiny house community that would be used by the homeless population, he realized he was suited for the job because he was living in a 1200 square foot house. So, he started designing his own tiny house so he could ...
House Tours of the Eco-Friendly Homes that Won SMUD’s Tiny House Competition
You may be familiar with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, a competition for solar-powered houses constructed by college students. While many of the projects to emerge from that competition are quite astonishing, so is the price tag ...
Ford Motor Company Contributes $400,000 to Provide 25 Tiny Houses for Homeless Detroit Residents
Cass Community Social Services and Ford Motor Company Join Forces to Provide Tiny Houses for Homeless Detroit Residents Among tiny-house enthusiasts, there is always a lot of talk about how tiny homes are a cost-effective answer to the housing ...