He was a carpenter working maintenance for the downtown insurance company that hired me the summer before college. For a week or two I was his gopher. It was time enough for me to hear his story.

In Sarasota, Florida, Seibert Architects is one of the pillars of the so-called Sarasota School, a group of contextually ...

A couple who wanted to live in a Minitopia tiny home village gave a Powerpoint presentation to convince family it was a good ...

A proposed law to let contractors build houses on relatively small lots in Connecticut is hitting opposition from small towns and suburbs that call it misguided and an unwelcome intrusion by state ...

Will 2026 be remembered as the year of the starter home? Since January, bills have been introduced in Florida, Connecticut, Maryland and at least nine other state legislatures to allow smaller houses ...

Liberty Tiny Village, a 55+ community of tiny homes in Texas, is attracting residents who want to live big lives in small spaces — and not pay property taxes.

One woman tracked every dollar for a year expecting to find waste in subscriptions and delivery apps. Instead, she discovered $14,000 spent maintaining a life that looked right from the outside but ...

An outdoors-loving couple DIY’d a 180-square-foot retreat in the woods where they plan to eventually build a primary ...

Described as Japan's first two-story 3D-printed home, the O House is inspired by the geometry of natural caves. Built to meet the country's strict seismic requirements, it combines cutting-edge ...

Jessica Helgerson and Yianni Doulis mapped a 50-acre forest canopy and built a three-structure compound designed to age ...

Meet the French tiny house that turns an incredibly small footprint into a dreamy abode with abundant natural light and excellent functionality ...

Tom Carroll spoke with the two project directors to talk about what’s happened since they launched the effort to build ...