Architect Camino Alonso likes to think small. “All architects want to make things smaller,” says Alonso, of the Madrid-based firm AÌ baton, and designer of an award-winning prefab dwelling called the ...

If my figures are right, I could submit our house, built 50 years ago, to the National Register of Historic Places. In 1974 Vertis and I started construction on our El Dorado home on Calion Road. This ...

Leaf House is the creation of small home enthusiast Laird Herbert from Whitehorse, Canada, who was inspired by the idea of building his own home. After testing out several prototypes, Herbert has ...

On the go? Not a problem. This movable, prefab house from Swiss studio Rahbaran Hürzeler Architekten can be built and installed almost anywhere. The architects developed the project as an experiment ...

As a temporary solution for Madison’s homeless residents, a city committee unanimously approved Monday proposed plans for Occupy Madison to build small, portable houses as night shelters. The Plan ...

The tiny house movement is as much about lifestyle as it is size of dwelling. Simplicity and efficiency are key characteristics of such a house. Not only is Stereotank's Taku-Tanku very small, it has ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — San Diego officials say they plan to begin allowing movable “tiny houses” in backyards across the city, to help address the local homelessness and affordable housing crises. The ...

SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A 37-year-old man in South L.A. didn't want to see a local woman sleeping on the streets anymore. Irene McGhee, better known as "Smokie," has been homeless for more ...

The Whangapoua Sled House is a tiny summer home located in a New Zealand beach town that’s fighting severe coastal erosion. In the classic 1966 movie The Endless Summer, two surfers “chase summer” ...