Set on an oddly shaped, and extremely narrow plot commonly called a ‘Flagpole’ plot in Japan, Flagpole in Nakameguro tiny ...

Tiny House Japan’s units are designed like saunas—with plenty of cedar to withstand heat and steam. Welcome to Tiny Home Profiles, an interview series with people pushing the limits of living small.

Some newer houses around the country are barely wider than a common family car. From left, Takina Shimura and his parents, Tomoko Shimura and Yoshiki Shimura, in their compact house in Zushi, Japan, a ...

Tiny house design and traditional Japanese aesthetics go hand in hand, and this brand-new house on wheels proves it. A true masterclass in contemporary Japanese-inspired minimalism, the ...

The idea of living in a tiny house may initially sound overwhelming to many and induce a feeling of anxiety and claustrophobia, but we've seen plenty of ingenious designs that make it look like an ...

In 2013 Yukihiro Akama found some small blocks of oak behind the house in northern England where his family was living at the time. Trained as an architect in his native Japan, he began carving ...

This compact but capable tiny house offers an impressive amount of flexibility for its size. Measuring just 7.2 m (23 ft) in length, it includes a two-bedroom interior layout and runs off the grid – ...