Tiny House Living

Dans mon arbre is a treehouse company in Grenoble, France. Each treehouse they build is one of a kind and designed for each individual tree and client. I was really impressed with all the different designs they’ve come up with so far and the high level of craftmanship. The treehouse pictured here is especially cool with shutters and awnings that open and close to help control the interior temperature. I first spotted this on Inhabitat.

Dans mon arbre

It’s always exciting to see the really big mainstream blogs, like Inhabitat, pick up on aspects of the small house movement. This time they posted an article on Sheds and their wide range of uses.

Sheds on Inhabitat

This is a particularly interesting design for a hotel called Snuggles. These small lightweight shapes are designed to interconnect forming an organic grouping of shelters. Snuggles was designed by Berlin-based Raumlabor.

Read more about Snuggles

Reburbia, the design challenge sponsored by Dwell and Inhabitat is underway. The top 20 entries are now on display and public voting has begun. Take a look and be sure to vote for your favorite design solutions for reshaping suburbia. ReBurbia

illustration credit to Urban Nature, F&S Design Studio, Silverlion Design