Colorado company SteelGenix specializes in steel-frame prefabs of all kinds – commercial, traditional residential, and now tiny houses as well. Their first model is the 192-square-foot Steelhaus (and the first Steelhaus is now at the WeeCasa tiny house hotel in Lyons, CO, if you’d like a closer look). It has an all-glass center section facing […]
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Smartdome: Space colony looks, down to earth price
This futuristic looking new dome is actually built on a framework of good old-fashioned laminated wood and galvanized steel. The thermoformed polycarbonate panels, though, are genuinely high-tech, giving the Smartdome the title of world’s first printed dodecahedron structure, and everything’s joined with UV-resistant rubber gaskets that make it both weatherproof and energy efficient. The approximately […]
Muji Huts now available at tiny house village; enter full release in fall
It’s been a couple of years since Japanese conglomerate Muji rolled out its Muji Hut division by showcasing three concept models at Tokyo Midtown Design Touch 2015. None of those ended up making it into production, but now the official Muji Hut has officially arrived. The 98-square-foot hut, which Muji developed based on market response […]
A new weeHouse built with input from an Apple designer
Here’s a great new set of weeHouses co-designed by the buyer – who, as Director of Store Design for Apple, has some pretty serious design credentials. If you’re not familiar with the weeHouse, it’s a high-end modular prefab from Alchemy Architects of Minnesota. This installation, in Santa Rosa, California, shows off both the weeHouse’s modularity […]
Charming NestHouse Scottish cottage is full of surprises
The NestHouse is a prototype prefab from Jonathan Avery of Tiny House Scotland. He completed it in June 2016 after two years of design work and is currently in the testing phase of product development. There’s an amazing amount going on in this house, but let’s start with the obvious. It has a cottage-style footprint […]