Escape One XL is a two-storey micro home on wheels
This recreational vehicle masquerading as a tiny cottage is clad in charred wood and sleeps up to eight people. More
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The SHED Project offers micro-homes inside vacant London properties
Self-contained micro homes are being installed inside vacant buildings across London as part of an initiative called The SHED Project, which features in the latest movie from our Dezeen x MINI Living video series. More
Kodasema launches tiny prefab home for £150k in UK
In a bid to solve the UK's housing crisis, Estonian design collective Kodasema has launched its prefabricated 25-square-metre micro home that takes less than a day to build and can be relocated to make use of vacant sites. More
Vipp prefabricated cabins designed as "battery-charging stations for humans"
Danish retailer Vipp has created a factory-made, metal-and-glass micro dwelling that comes filled with the company's line of homeware products. More
Japanese organisational technique informs layout of Sydney micro apartment
Australian architect Nicholas Gurney has used bespoke joinery, sliding partitions and moveable furniture to make the most of limited space inside this 24-square-metre apartment in Sydney. More
Muji to sell tiny blackened timber prefab huts for £21,000
Japanese brand Muji has unveiled its design for a compact nine-square-metre prefabricated house, which will go on sale later this year. More
Cover uses computer algorithms to design prefabricated dwellings
A technology-driven home-building company in California says it is "doing for homes what Tesla is doing for the car". More
Kasita launches sales of high-tech micro dwellings at SXSW
At this year's SXSW festival, an Austin-based startup has launched sales for its prefabricated tiny house equipped with systems controlled by a mobile app. More
Elizabeth Herrmann creates tiny house for artist in Vermont
American studio Elizabeth Herrmann Architecture + Design has created a light-coloured micro dwelling with cut-out corners and a sloped roof, aiming to demonstrate that a "small house need not be a claustrophobic, monotonous box". More
10 micro houses that make the best of their minuscule proportions
Feeling the urge to downsize? Take lessons from 10 of the best micro homes – including a cloud-shaped holiday home and a 3D-printed urban cabin. More
California architecture students design shelters for LA's growing homeless population
Students at the University of Southern California's School of Architecture have conceived a series of shelters for homeless people, ranging from a shopping cart converted into a tent structure to a tiny house made of scavenged material. More
Studiomama uses adaptable furniture to create what might be London’s smallest house
Studiomama has overhauled this tiny single-storey house in north London with adjustable plywood furniture including a fold-out bed, a standing desk and extendable dining benches with pink cushions. More
Tiny Heirloom micro cabin boasts spilt-level living space and a climbing wall
A climbing wall covers one side of this small mobile home by American company Tiny Heirloom. More
White steel extension and large windows update historic hutong home in Beijing
Chinese studio OEU-ChaO has modernised a residence in one of Beijing's historic hutong neighbourhoods with a white steel-framed extension and plenty of windows. More
Colorado architecture students build micro cabins clad in sheets of hot-rolled steel
Students at the University of Colorado Denver have designed and built a series of rustic dwellings for a base camp operated by an outdoor education program. More
Flat-packed cabin concept allows tiny houses to be assembled like IKEA furniture
A Vancouver-based startup's conceptual design for flat-packed recreational cabins would allow users to build for themselves, making the wilderness more readily accessible. More
Gort Scott to replace disused London office block with micro apartments
Architecture studio Gort Scott has unveiled plans to replace an out-of-use office block in London's Walthamstow with 45 "pocket" apartments. More
Tiny houses would be built atop an ex-military bunker in Froscen Architects proposal
Four micro homes are mounted on the roof of a second-world-war bunker in this proposal by Froscen Architects for the Dutch city Leiden (+ slideshow). More
Studio Padron creates secluded library in the woods of New York state
This tiny black cabin by US firm Studio Padron serves as a cosy library and guest house for a vacation home in upstate New York (+ slideshow). More
DUS Architects builds 3D-printed micro home in Amsterdam
Dutch studio DUS Architects has 3D printed an eight-square-metre cabin and accompanying bathtub in Amsterdam, and is now inviting guests to stay overnight (+ slideshow). More