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Houses that no one seems to know about

Jennifer Chait — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:40:46 +0000

Sometimes I’ll see a really delicious house, so I start reseaching because I want to learn more. However, sometimes this doesn’t pan out. Sometimes people randomly post houses and fail to say anything about said house. It’s frustrating.

Today I’ve got three of these houses. I don’t know anything about them except they rock (sorry). Starting with…

I suppose we can call this the tractor house. I’ve been all obsessed with finding out more about it for over a year. Since I’m having language issue with m3mary.com, there’s no hope. However, this is an excellent offbeat home structure, wouldn’t you say?
I’ve been calling this next house the charming little shack for as long as I’ve known about it.

I’ve tried to find out more, but it appears to be some random shack listed as part of a conversation about Tiny Houses – A Natural Consequence of Overpriced Housing at Marin Real Estate Bubble. Still, I adore this little place. It’s sweet and quirky, albeit tiny.

Last up a total shot of randomness.

Here’s all the poster had to say, “We don’t live here! This is just a cool house.” The site in question doesn’t even appear to go to a main page, so I’m stumped. That said, they’re not wrong – this is a very cool house. Strange roof for sure.

There, three random bites. If you know anything about the above oddball structures, let me know in the comments.

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Houses that no one seems to know about

The Micro Compact Home

Jennifer Chait — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:04:48 +0000

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]]

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The Micro Compact Home

I had this weird dream…

Jennifer Chait — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:03:20 +0000

In the dream, I was dating some famous person (not going there), but the dream took place in Florida (I’ve never been) and the kooky part was that a bunch of people, including me, were visiting this museum of tiny Pennsylvania. It was just this oddball museum, where you’d walk through the halls looking at tiny versions of all the parts of Pennsylvania. In the dream, everyone was very impressed. It was really strange.

Long story short, it got me thinking about this link my friend Marye sent me – Tiny Texas Houses.

These tiny houses are made from 95% recycled vintage materials, but the electric, plumbing, and insulation is new. This is a perfect way to reuse, semi-used resources. Plus the houses are totally cute, and leave a small footprint.

There are all types of tiny houses to see, from rustic to antique and more. Visit Tiny Texas Houses to see all the adorable little homes.

[images via Tiny Texas Houses]

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I had this weird dream…