The micro compact home [m-ch], is a super small, super compact house.

One or two people can live in one of these homes; it’s obviously not really an appropriate large family home. This project of micro homes was first launched in Munich back in November 2005. It started as a case study village sponsored by O2 Germany. Below is a shot of the O2 project (students lived there).  The micro homes were clustered in a family-like setting.

Currently this slick project can be viewed at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; through October.
[images via [m-ch]]

When it comes to unique living spaces, prefab tends to fall lower on the totem poll for me. I do like many prefab homes, I just rarely like them as much as other homes. I happen to love this Joshua Tree prefab though.

Ah beauty in a tiny package. You won’t believe how much living space is packed into this small home. It’s unbelievable.

Check it out – everything you need, and nothing you don’t. Just a great use of space; designed by Hanger Prefab (Hangar Design Group). This soothing gray color you see on the bunk walls is used throughout …read more

If Linette from Mother Earth’s Garden, is trying to get me to waste all my time, she’s a pro. She recently sent me a cool photo of this awesome teepee house.

So of course I get all obsessive (this is a slick home) and proceed to surf through tons and tons of this guy’s flickr pages – he has a lot. Why, well, I’ll get to that in a minute. In any case, I spent far too long surfing through his pictures; which are all so great. Real slices of life – not stodgy photos at all. I like reality and …read more