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Tiny Houses: Living Well by Living Small
With "monster" houses - 4,000 square feet and bigger - sprouting up across the country like massive, shingled mushrooms, the American homeowner's motto seems to be: "Live large." Since 1970, the size of the average American home has increased 55 percent, even as family size has declined by 13 percent. But the cost of large living is high?not only for the homeowner, but also for the planet and i... [More]

 

UltraLight House Combines Design, Technology, and Efficiency
Building bigger and bigger houses is out. The new trend is in the opposite direction. In fact, the greatest single action you can take to reduce waste and conserve resources is to choose to live in a small house. Some dedicated believers in UltraLight Living have down-sized to 100 square feet. Also known as the Micro-Compact Home, the most extreme versions are designed for one or two people a... [More]

 

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Alchemy Architects and the WeeHouse
Makers of the WeeHouse prefab home, Alchemy utilizes recycling and reuse along with building strategies that reduce waste. Our multidisciplinary team draws inspiration from art, literature, history, and leading creative thinkers to create alternative and atypical project solutions.
Development Center for Appropriate Technology
Works to enhance the health of the planet and our communities by promoting a shift to sustainable construction and development through leadership, strategic relationships, and education.
fabprefab - modernist prefab dwellings
Web resource dedicated to tracking developments in the market for ‘modernist prefab dwellings’.
Global Portable Buildings, Inc.
Global Portable Buildings, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of new, multi-purpose portable buildings. Headquartered in Santa Rosa, California.
Green Home Building
Describes how compact design can enhance sustainable, ecological building, with related resources of books and links.
Green Living Systems
Produces small pre-fab homes.
Insitebuilders
Will help you build a tiny house by overseeing drafting, printing, and construction which they outsource to companies and independent contractors.
Little House on a Small Planet:
Guidebook and invitation to the small house movement. Author and photographer duo, Shay Salomon & Nigel Valdez spent six years collecting floor plans, photographs, advice, essays and anecdotes about small houses.
Mini-Cabin Plans
Build this mini-cabin using panelized construction for less than $2000! These detailed cabin plans make it easy for the average do-it-yourselfer to build a low-cost mini cabin of your own.
miniHome
Builder of the MiniHOME 350 square foot portable house.
Modular Dwellings
Custom built minimalist dwellings.
Natural Home Magazine
Includes articles on sustainable building and occasional stories on small houses.
ProHousing
A new approach to affordable housing solutions. Affordable usually also means small.
Ross Chapin Architects
Architects with numerous plans for under 1000 square foot homes.
Royal Homes Toronto Studio
Canada's largest modular home builder with numerous tiny house options.
Small House Society
A cooperatively managed organization dedicated to the promotion of smaller housing alternatives which can be more affordable and ecological.
Stiles Designs Building Books
Publishes a book on cabin building and rustic retreat building describing how to build your own small house including designs, floor plans, illustrations and more.
The Cottage Company
Residential development company based in Seattle, Washington that builds ‘pocket neighborhoods’ of detached cottages and houses. We offer a fresh choice for people seeking a high-quality, ‘not-so-big’ home and a renewed sense of community.
The TreeHouse Company
The worlds largest TreeHouse builder. TreeHouse Company's designers create the concepts and craftsmen turn these into reality, building handmade TreeHouses for children and families.
Tiny Homes and Small Houses
House plans for tiny homes ranging from 300 to 1200 square feet.
TinyHouses
Nice collection of photographs of tiny houses. These are the structures that resemble our childhood drawings: simple, symmetrical, human sized, single purposed. They are bigger than a shed but smaller than a two-car garage.
Tumbleweed Houses
Web site of Jay Shafer, a designer specializing in sustainable architecture and urban planning. Jay lives in a 100 square foot house and has been featured in various news programs.

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