Tiny Homes

Byro used the foundation from the hut that stood before to build the new pavilion. Floor-to-ceiling shelves provide a place to store books.

Hinged coverings fold back to reveal a polycarbonate screen.

The Czech Republic has a tradition of gardening huts, where people have small plots they can visit to escape the city. In Prague, biology professors Adam Petrusek and Tereza Petruskova commissioned local firm Byro Architects to replace their hut, building a circa 200-square-foot pavilion that joins a shed where the couple stores their tools.

Carlyle found a $40 window on Facebook Marketplace for the rear of the cabin.

The tiny house and eco resort are set on generations-old family land that's remote and completely private so guests are able to unplug immerse themselves in nature.

Gaia Off-Grid Shipping Container Home exploded axonometric drawing

The eco-friendly escape is powered by solar panels and a wind turbine—and it even includes a full bath.

This Iwi prefab was designed by architects Juan Ruiz and Amelia Tapia for anyone looking to add a flexible space to their property. With a timber frame clad in cork and waterproof canvas stitched into wood ribbing, it expands like an accordion to a total of roughly 92 square feet. When compressed, it becomes a 26-square-foot roofed hutch.

Surrounded by oak trees and lush grasslands, Field Cabin features a steeply pitched roof and an expansive glass door and decking on the front facade.

Techo-Bloc’s Industria 600 x 100 pavers in Greyed Nickel add a refined rhythm to this circular patio that punctuates a vast expanse of grass on the edge of a lake. The regularity of the gridded tiles and the perfectly formed circle are pleasingly juxtaposed by the rough-hewn stone firepit.

An aerial view of ESCAPE's new "The Oaks

Elsa, designed and built by Olive Nest Tiny Homes, is a 323-square-foot tiny house, complete with a pergola-covered porch, a swing, and a greenhouse. "We wanted to soften the look and the experience and extend the living space with something useful," says designer Melanie Aho, who launched the tiny home company with her parents Mary Susan Hanson and Randy Hanson. Elsa is outfitted with cedar shiplap, standing-seam metal exterior siding, and a standing-seam metal pitched roof. "The look is simple and earthy," Aho says. "We’re of Scandinavian heritage and are drawn to Scandinavian style and design."

Sunlight bounces off white-painted shiplap walls in the kitchen and the sleeping loft; the flooring is from Pergo.

Home on Lake of a Thousand Colors upper floor plan