"I started building almost 50 years ago, and have lived in a self-built home ever since. If I’d been able to buy a wonderful old good-feeling house, I might have never started building. But it was always cheaper to build than to buy, and by building myself, I could design what I wanted and use materials I wanted to live with.I set off to learn the art of building in 1960. I liked the whole process immensely. Hammering nails. Framing — delineating space. Nailing down the sub-floor, the roof decking. It’s a thrill when you first step on the floor you’ve just created.Ideally I’d have worked with a master carpenter long enough to learn the basics, but there was never time. I learned from friends and books and by blundering my way into a process that required a certain amount of competence. My perspective was that of a novice, a homeowner — rather than a pro. As I learned, I felt that I could tell others how to build, or at least get them started on the path to creating their own homes.Through the years I’ve personally gone from post and beam to geodesic domes to stud frame construction. It’s been a constant learning process, and this has led me into investigating many methods of construction — I’m interested in them all. For five years, the late ’60s to early ’70s, I built geodesic domes. I got into being a publisher by producing Domebook One in 1970 and Domebook 2 in 1971. I then gave up on domes (as homes) and published our namesake Shelter in 1973. We’ve published books on a variety of subjects over the years, and returned to our roots with Home Work: Handbuilt Shelter in 2004, Builders of the Pacific Coast, and The Barefoot Architect in 2008.Building is my favorite subject. Even in this day and age, building a house with your own hands can save you a ton of money (I’ve never had a mortgage) and — if you follow it through — you can get what you want in a home." —Lloyd Kahn

More than 1,000 photos, along with stories and interviews follow the "tiny house" movement which is currently going on among people who have chosen to scale back in the 21st century.

Tiny Homes on FoundationsFor the Love of Snow . . . 2The Sugar Shack . . . 12Little House in the Backyard . . . 14The Field Lab . . . 18LaMar’s $2,000 Solar Cabin . . . 20The Shed of Reality . . . 22Backyard Chicken Coop Yacht . . . 24House for One Person . . . 2814´ × 14´ Post and Beam . . . 30Rich in the Woods . . . 32$1,000 Cabin on the Coast . . . 33Art’s Bedroom . . . 34Small Structures . . . 36The Phoenix Commotion . . . 38Ons Tweede Huis . . . 40Kim & Jonny’s Cabin . . . 42Tiny Texas Houses . . . 44Rethinking Normal . . . 50Friends in High Places . . . 51Tiny Homes on WheelsJalopy Cabins . . . 52Tumbleweed Tiny Houses . . . 54Little House on the Trailer . . . 58Oregon Cottage Company . . . 60Jenine’s Two Tiny Houses . . . 62ProtoHaus . . . 66Building a Tiny House on Wheels . . . 68Pallet House Project . . . 69Tiny Homes by ArchitectsJudith Mountain Cabin . . . 70Prefab Cottage . . . 72Jeffery Broadhurst . . . 74Tokyo Capsule Hotel . . . 78TYIN Tegnestue Architects . . . 80weeHouses . . . 82Prefabs and KitsReclaimed Space . . . 84Small House Innovation . . . 86Bungalow in a Box . . . 87Cabana Village . . . 88YardPods . . . 89Montana Mobile Cabins . . . 90Tom’s Cabin . . . 92More Prefabs & Kits . . . 94Online Building . . . 98Earthy MaterialsHani’s Man Cave . . . 100Bill and Athena Steen . . . 102Hobbit House in Wales . . . 108Ziggy’s Cob Cottage . . . 110The Laughing House . . . 114The Mudgirls of BC . . . 116Pallet/Cob Backyard Shed . . . 119Straw Bale / Cob House in Oregon . . . 120Cobworks . . . 122Cob/Wood Roundhouse in Wales . . . 126Dogon Dome . . . 128Big Sky Yurt . . . 130Sauna on Haida Gwaii . . . 132Baja Surfer’s Shack . . . 134Ardheia . . . 136Solar Potting Shed . . . 144Driftwood Beach Shack . . . 146Bouncing Bridge with Troll Booth . . . 148TreehousesCrystal River Treehouse . . . 150Treebane . . . 154Lapas Nest Treehouse . . . 156Lakeside Treehouse . . . 160Deek Diedrickson . . . 162Taylor Camp . . . 164On the RoadLloyd’s Van . . . 166Hornby Island Caravans . . . 168The Flying Tortoise . . . 170Vardo /Sheep Wagon . . . 172Simplify, Simplify . . . 174Nicolette’s € 1,000 Wagen . . . 176ProtoStoga . . . 178Jay Nelson . . . 180Baja Road Travel . . . 182Big Red . . . 183Artist in a Van . . . 184Lady on the Road . . . 186Bernie Harberts’ Covered Wagon . . . 188The Horsebox House . . . 190American Nomad Rigs . . . 192Vintage Campers . . . 196On the WaterPaul, Julie, and Mia on the High Seas . . . 198Sailing Yacht “Misty”. . . 204Floating Homestead in BC . . . 206Ontario Boathouse . . . 208Our Little Cabin up the Lake. . . 210Narrowboats . . . 212

Homeowners, designers, architects (no less), road gypsies, water dwellers, dreamers, people of all ages, all over the world are making do creatively with under-500 sq. ft. shelters. This graphic-heavy book will document the current tiny house movement, showing people who have chosen to scale back in the 21st century.