Located in the dense residential area of Tokyo’s Meguro district, ‘G’ is a contemporary single family home with a small living area of approx. 155 sq. meters, distributed over three floors. This concrete and timber structure sits on a compact (107 sq. meters) plot area. It features large open areas combined with different shades of white and minimal decorations. Continue reading →

Meet Paco, an all in one living unit from Japanese Schemata Architecture Office and Jo Nagasaka. It’s a 3m box cube that offers a compact yet sufficient living space despite its tiny size. What a unique and inspiring project for creative tiny home owners! Continue reading →

Upcher is a small home which can be adapted and retrofitted, expanded or reduced through prefabrication and smart design. Located in East Hampton, NY, this 1,400 sq. ft. home is a simplified and compact residence for a writer, built near her existing house on an adjacent property. Continue reading →

Located on Fire Island, NY, this 1,440 sq. ft. compact home from Bates Masi Architects, is a two level ‘tree house’, as the owner likes to call it, situated in a beautiful dense grove of pines and hollies with large glass openings overlooking the bay from the second level. Continue reading →

This compact house is small and narrow, however thanks to the skylight that runs the length of this lovely residential home, it’s also bright and full of natural light. Continue reading →

Small houses are affordable, easy to maintain and more environment-friendly. And when it comes to your home, bigger is not always better. Here is our favorite selection of the best selling compact house design books, full of inspiration, beautiful visuals and great ideas for contemporary living in compact spaces. Continue reading →

The Copenhagen-based firm of Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter, designed this small, prefab studio box. It’s crafted from an insulated wooden frame and exterior wall cladding and I wouldn’t mind using it as my favorite reading space. Continue reading →

This small house is a spacious, prefab mobile home or portable office, offering high end custom construction. It’s a great solution when you’re looking for extra space or even a temporary space – It’s delivered on wheels and when you no longer need it, you can simply remove it. Continue reading →

Located in Coudeville, France, this small family home is traditionally constructed of a light-colored, wooden frame with an untreated pine cladding exterior. The house shape is quite simple but it’s so aesthetic and oh-so-lovely. Continue reading →

With a couple of Lavaflow houses up his sleeve, San-Francisco-based Architect Craig Steely knows a thing or two about navigating the execution of modern homes in remote Hawaiian areas as well as designing for the extreme climate of the region. Continue reading →