The Steel-Scaled Pavilion Pointing at China’s Future
The first thing you notice is the skin. Tessellated stainless-steel panels wrap the Chengdu Pavilion like the hide of something alive, catching light in fractured…
Architecture
Escape Tucked Two Bedrooms Into the Ceiling to Let 26 Feet Live Like a Full House
There are plenty of towable tiny houses that look good in a photoshoot. Far fewer are ones you could actually live in. The eONE Limited…
MVRDV Built a Mountain in the Middle of Rotterdam
What does a building look like when it’s designed for birds, insects, and plants just as much as people? According to MVRDV, it looks like…
This Tiny Home Packs a Bathtub, Dishwasher, and Two Bedrooms Into 423 Square Feet
Most tiny homes make you choose: comfort or portability, but rarely both. The Laurel, a custom build by Canadian builder Teacup Tiny Homes based on…
A Barn-Inspired Treehouse in the Italian Alps With a Rope Net Bed
The best design ideas rarely start from scratch. They start from something forgotten, something already proven, and ask what happens if you push it further….
16 Fruit-Shaped Bus Stops That Made a Tiny Japanese Town Unmissable
There are 16 bus stops scattered along Route 207 in Konagai, a small coastal town in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, and not a single one of…
The Luxury Hotel Concept That Works Like a Food Truck for Wilderness
Luxury hotels have always had a location problem. The kinds of places that would make the most extraordinary backdrops, remote desert plains, rolling highland meadows,…
The $195K Tiny Home That Finally Makes Sense for Families
The tiny house movement has always been better at Instagram than at parenting. A couple, a dog, maybe a sourdough starter on the counter: that’s…
The Hanoi House With 100 Windows and No Two the Same
The name alone stops you. 100 Windows. Not “The Pavilion House” or “House No. 7” or something equally poetic and vague. Just a count. A…
A 355-Square-Foot Tiny Home With Room to Actually Walk Around
Most tiny homes are upfront about their limitations. The Florence isn’t interested in that conversation. The Florence, by Alberta-based Teacup Tiny Homes, is the argument…
Smart’s Place Turns a Covent Garden Rooftop Into a Full-Blown London Home
London has always demanded creative solutions from its architects. Space is scarce, plots are irregular, and the city’s historic fabric rarely makes room for anything…
The Redwood by Tiny Timber Homes Proves Small Living Doesn’t Mean Settling
Wood has a way of telling you exactly where it’s been — and the Redwood by Tiny Timber Homes wears that history well. The Redwood…