We Used to Just Call These “Houses”

By Daniel Herriges, Strong Towns

We have a way in the modern world of rediscovering things that humans have always done but branding them as something trendy and a little alien. So it goes with the explosion of interest in "tiny houses" as an answer to what ails cities struggling to house and attract people. The ironic thing about tiny houses is that they're nothing new; it's just that, in surprisingly recent memory, our culture had a different name for them. We called them "houses."

When People Downsize to Tiny Houses, they Adopt more Environmentally Friendly Lifestyles

By Maria Saxton, The Conversation

Interest is surging in tiny homes – livable dwelling units that typically measure under 400 square feet. Much of this interest is driven by media coverage that claims that living in tiny homes is good for the planet.

Designing for a Better Society: How Tiny Houses can Have a Huge Impact

By Fernanda Marin, OuiShare

With IMBY we wanted to answer the question of how, starting from design and production methods, we could build a house that could foster social integration and civic engagement in a sustainable model. And this can only be done by empowering the people.

There’s No Place Like Home

By Cat Johnson, Future Perfect

Tiny houses in Eugene, Oregon, provide the formerly homeless with a sense of ownership and community.

The ongoing Tiny House Design Chronicles: Maximising solar energy collection

By Geoffrey Chia, Resilience.org

Here is a brief commentary expanding on the previously mentioned idea of using the water in the indoor header tank as thermal mass and how it can be optimally configured to collect solar heat

Tiny House Electrics

By Geoffrey Chia, Resilience.org

It no longer makes economic sense for a new house owner (who does not need air conditioning) to purchase their electricity from the ever more costly (and expensive to maintain) fixed grid.

Plumbing the Tiny House

By Geoffrey Chia, Resilence.org

This continues the series of articles by which we hope to empower readers to exit the "killing fields of the future" (the cities), to help you achieve and maintain a comfortable offgrid lifestyle for at least a couple of decades

It’s not Rocket Surgery: Choosing an Indoor Mini Wood stove for a Tiny House

By Geoffrey Chia, Resilience.org

This article will focus on one item which can keep you comfortable in cold weather, especially when faced with the inevitable fossil fuel shortages in the near future: the indoor wood heater/stove...

Living Big in a Tiny House – The Transforming Castle House Truck

By Andrew Martin, onenesspublishing

With the average size of houses having increased over recent decades, there is a growing movement for people seeking alternatives to large, expensive, energy intensive housing.

Find Freedom in a Tiny House

By Samuel Alexander, The Permaculture Research Institute

Rethinking what a house is could change your life, and perhaps the world. Let me explain through my own experience.

11 Affordable Housing Alternatives for City Dwellers

By Cat Johnson, Shareable

After World War II, white, middle-class Americans flocked to the suburbs from the city. Today, that trend is reversing.

Inside the Rise of the Tiny House Movement

By Cat Johnson, Shareable

How small could you go when it comes to home? 500 square feet? 250 feet? 100 feet? For Jay Shafer, less is definitely more.