Jay Nelson’s New 200 Square Foot Tiny House in Hawaii
Artist Jay Nelson built a new tiny house in Hawaii and sent photos to Lloyd Kahn at The Shelter Blog. See more photos at Small and Tiny Home Ideas. See more of Jay Nelson’s habitable art.
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Sneak Peak! Tiny Homes on the Move by Lloyd Kahn
Derek “Deek” Diedricksen… gets a sneak peak at some of the content of Lloyd’s upcoming book (2014) “Tiny Homes on the Move: Wheels and Water“” – Deek
Peek Inside: Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter, by Lloyd Kahn
In this book are some 150 builders who have taken things into their own hands, creating tiny homes (under 500 sq. ft.). Homes on land, homes on wheels, homes on the road, homes on water, even homes in the trees. There are also studios, saunas, garden sheds, and greenhouses.” – Boing Boing See more excerpts from Tiny …
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Alex’s Top 7 Tiny House Books for 2013
This year a lot has happened in the world of tiny houses including quite a bit of new books. In this post I wanted to share some of my new favorites with you along with some of the classics.
Ziggy’s Timber Framing Workshop
Ziggy reports to Lloyd on the recent timber frame workshop. “Our recent Timber Framing Workshop went amazingly well and was a huge blast. The students had a fantastic time. We got an incredible amount of work done on our new timber frame home, especially considering we used hand tools exclusively, and most participants had little …
Lloyd House’s van conversion
Here’s peek at the interior of Lloyd House’s van conversion. The little stove you see in the lower left corner was made from an old propane tank and uses an old wok as a door. I spotted it on lloyd Kahn’s blog and suspect we’ll be seeing more in time. Looks like an amazing handcrafted …
The Flying Tortoise
I discovered Keith Levy’s blog, The Flying Tortoise, through a post on Lloyd Kahn’s blog. Pictured here is a 1956 Austin WFK home on wheels Keith stumbled across while it was being photographed for a television show in Waihi, New Zealand. You’ll find this and many more alternative homes on The Flying Tortoise. The Flying Tortoise
10 Amazing Earthen Buildings
I’m starting to think that building with earth makes more sense than any other building method. I must admit I’m terribly biased because my real professional training and education is in the ceramic arts. The main disadvantage is that they are no portable like so many of the tiny houses I write about and explore …
Stone Beehive Hut
Many people are very familiar with the work, writings, and contributions of Lloyd Kahn, the founding editor-in-chief of Shelter Publications, Inc. This photo came from a trip he took to Europe. It’s a little stone hut located on the southwest coast of Ireland. What’s amazing about this little structure is that it’s constructed without mortar …