It takes David Emerson an extra second these days to climb his ladder and drill a bolt into the beam overhead. At 81, he’s built a number of structures, including his own 3-bedroom home on his 25-acre ...

A school year is 180 days, with no two days and no two schools exactly alike. The students differ, the teachers differ, school cultures differ. Here, our photographers find what makes our school days ...

In his last semester at college, in between studying labor law and environmental impact assessment, Alex Elderbroom took a class on something very different: how to build a tiny house. In the class, ...

One of the best tiny house companies in the world is unfortunately no longer in operation, but its uniquely creative, out-of-the-box builds will certainly live on. Each and every Build Tiny Home is a ...

Meet Dennis, founder of Berghaus Tiny House, as he shares a tour of the Dufour model, inspired by Polish mountain house design. This model features a round window, an efficient layout, infrared floor ...

Tiny Build has managed to squeeze in a vanity sink, flushing toilet and a shower in here. There is just one bedroom in the 4800L Compact, as you'd expect given its size. This is a loft type space ...

Building a backyard cottage can be expensive: In the San Francisco Bay Area, for example, even a small accessory dwelling unit (ADU) might cost more than $200,000. And getting permits can take months.