Mini house

The house, suspended from the ground, is protected from humidity and inclement weather, and, at the same time, allows for a view of the river passing by in the distance. In the stone walls, a log stove and a fireplace, one on either side of the house, make for effective heating. On the outside, a staircase built by the staggered removal of stones from the wall, leads to the terrace: a vantage point for stargazing. Water and fire, weight and weightlessness, the archaic and the modern merging in a unique cosmic habitat.

Its proximity to the river was a deciding factor among the choices presented for such a project.

Two stone walls - 1.10 meters, or 3' 7", thick - support four steel beams, upon which rest the floors and roofing. The weight of the structure is in contrast with the airiness of the empty space (10 meters or 21 feet high), enhanced by two skylights which separate the upper story from the structural walls. On the back wall, the windows are gashes from floor to ceiling which provide vertical continuity for the horizontality of the skylights.

On the back wall, the windows are gashes from floor to ceiling which provide vertical continuity for the horizontality of the skylights.

The luxurious Scandinavian-inspired tiny house (Skandinaviško stiliaus mažosios architektūros namas)

One of the big advantages of tiny houses is that they are eminently customizable -- one can build a tiny house as an intergenerational home, or as an artist's mobile studio, or as livable climbing wall.

Mažųjų namų architektūra tampa vis populiaresnė, todėl pristatome pirmąjį staripsnį apie mažuosius namus (anglų k.)

Nashville, Tennesee's New Frontier Tiny Homes creates small dwellings with a more luxurious bent. One of their latest, The Orchid, is a modern, asymmetrical take on the gabled farmhouse and features many of their signature design ideas.

The Orchid Tiny House's exterior siding is an application we've only seen in a few Scandinavian cabins and certainly the first application of its kind on a tiny house. We spaced and raised cedar boards off of the walls and roof to give each piece the appearance of floating. The boards carry over onto the roof in a seamless line and result in an original, timeless wooden exterior.