Sun-filled interior of 100-year-old converted schoolhouse in New Mexico. Thick adobe walls, high ceilings. All materials used in renovation were recycled. 1000 sq. ft.
- Featured in our upcoming book Small Homes, due out in April 2017
Sun-filled interior of 100-year-old converted schoolhouse in New Mexico. Thick adobe walls, high ceilings. All materials used in renovation were recycled. 1000 sq. ft.
Hobbit house in Colorado canyon with waterproof concrete block walls and circular ceiling of local Ponderosa pine logs. 900 sq. ft.
Atulya Bingham moved to Turkey and lived in a tent while building this earthbag home for $6000. No cement was used and it’s 100% solar powered. 330 sq. ft.
Jesus Sierra’s wooden yurt in the English woods, inspired by Shelter and Home Work. It took 1½ years and is 345 sq. ft.
Marlin Hanson and his dad built this timber frame home on Canada’s Sunshine Coast over three summers. Marlin had worked in marine construction and used the same strong construction methods they used under piers. 1280 sq. ft.
It’s like the whole thing is one big relief. It’s a relief to have a simpler life. It’s a relief to have less things. It’s a relief to be compact and contained…
Bill’s piece of land is at the end of a two-mile dirt road. His 1900 sq. ft. house has a pentagonal floor plan with an 800-year-old salvaged old-growth redwood log as the center post. There are 21 Douglas fir rafters that Bill peeled and then sanded with an auto-body grinder. There are structural posts under eleven of the rafters. In between the posts are 2″×6″ studs with traditional plaster walls.
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