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The classic cabin in the woods has been wonderfully reimagined into an architectural masterpiece. In this weeks episode we visit an architecturally designed cabin nestled into the forest of the wild West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Owned and designed remotely by Mark Panckhurst, a Hong Kong based architect who grew up in New Zealand, this beautiful modern cabin is designed to connect him to his homeland and create a wonderful space for him, his family, and guests to make new memories. The cabin was created with the help of his brother Andrew who gives us the tour of this spectacular place. Drawing design inspiration from the old gold miners huts of the West Coast, this is a cabin like no other. From the materials used, to the clever design features, every aspect of this place has been painstakingly thought through. And the result? A wonderfully practical cabin which radiates quality while simultaneously encouraging you so sit back, light the fire, enjoy the panoramic forest views, pick up a book and slow down. Just like a good cabin should. We hope you enjoy the tour of this amazing remote cabin. This cabin is available to book as a BnB through Canopy Camping: https://www.canopycamping.co.nz/biv-p… If you enjoy our show and would like to help support our work, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/livingbig Find out more about this tiny house and others on our website: https://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/ Our Socials: https://linktr.ee/livingbig Please subscribe for more videos on tiny houses, architecture, DIY, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. Presented and Produced by: Bryce Langston Camera: Rasa Pescud & Bryce Langston Editing: Sarah Binder & Rasa Pescud Title music in this video by Bryce Langston: / brycelangston ‘Living Big in a Tiny House’ © 2023 Zyia Pictures Ltd #cabin #modern #architecture
This weeks episode is a real heart warmer. Bethan is an inspiring, hard working woman who was finding it difficult to get ahead in life. That was until she made the decision to build a tiny house and with that, began on her path to financial freedom. Through living frugally in her home for the first two years, she was able to quickly pay off her debts. With her house now paid for, she has set her sights to saving for her own piece of land. Bethan’s home is beautiful and perfectly suited to her needs. With a love of travel and adventure, this home helps to give her an unprecedented level of personal freedom to follow her passions. Visiting this home, I was quickly reminded of one of the reasons that I fell in love with tiny homes. The decision to build them, can genuinely be life changing. We hope you enjoy this tiny house tour and Bethan’s inspiring story! If you’d like to follower her adventures, you can find her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/typaku_tiny… If you enjoy our show and would like to help support our work, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/livingbig Find out more about this tiny house and others on our website: https://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/ Our Socials: https://linktr.ee/livingbig Please subscribe for more videos on tiny houses, architecture, DIY, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. Presented and Produced by: Bryce Langston Camera: Rasa Pescud & Bryce Langston Editing: Sarah Binder & Rasa Pescud Title music in this video by Bryce Langston: / brycelangston ‘Living Big in a Tiny House’ © 2023 Zyia Pictures Ltd #tinyhouse #debtfree #financialfreedom
This family’s ecological home is packed with sustainable features, including straw bale walls, natural materials and finishes, composting toilets, grey water plant beds, a green roof, a solar hot water heater, earthen floors, and a lot more! They manage their forest and use the crowded, dead, or dying trees they remove as firewood to heat their home and they mill any quality wood to be used for projects around the house and property. They also grow and raise a lot of food, including fruit and nut trees, a vegetable garden, a greenhouse, and laying hens for eggs. You can find out more about Evolve Builders Group and their climate-conscious construction here: https://evolvebuilders.ca/ The home was designed by Martin Lieffhebber and includes sleeping pods at one end, an atrium in the middle to capture passive solar energy, and a living and kitchen area at the other end. After 18 years of living in this natural home and working on multiple green building projects, Chris thinks that Passive House (Passivhaus) is where the industry is heading because it drastically reduces the amount of energy needed to heat and cool a home (often by more than 70%) and it can be done anywhere (urban and rural). We’ve made a few videos about Passive House if you want to check them out here: • Passive Houses A big thank you to Chris, Christine, and Mola for sharing their home with us! Thanks for watching!
Aug 4, 2023 #tinyhouse#homedesign#architectureOne of the core principles of tiny house design is to think three dimensionally. To make the most of the space, the ability to create zones and levels in a home is essential. In this weeks episode, we travel to Corella, outside of Brisbane to visit an architect who has designed an exceptionally clever tiny home for her, and her family. From the exterior, this is immediately a striking tiny home. With an imposing height and vertical standing seam metal enhancing its presence, it’s a joy to behold. Large windows have been used to fully capitalise on the dramatic views of the vast regenerating bush surrounding the home. Immediately upon entering this tiny house, you can see it’s different. There’s a tremendous amount going on in this home, with two different sleeping rooms, a large kitchen, lounge, bathroom a loft net and abundant storage. It even features a full dining table, a rare find in such a compact home. Impressively, all this has been fit into this space in a way which still allows the home to feel open and spacious. We hope you enjoy the full video tour of this home. Alison and Ben now also design and build homes for others, if you’re interested in finding out more, you can visit them here: https://www.tinyhousestinytect.com.au/ If you enjoy our show and would like to help support our work, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/livingbig Our Socials: https://linktr.ee/livingbig Find out more about this tiny house and others on our website: https://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/ Please subscribe for more videos on tiny houses, architecture, DIY, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. Presented and Produced by: Bryce Langston Camera: Rasa Pescud & Bryce Langston Editing: Sarah Binder & Rasa Pescud Title music in this video by Bryce Langston: / brycelangston ‘Living Big in a Tiny House’ © 2023 Zyia Pictures Ltd
15 years ago, Dan Schultz sold his 2600-square-foot home in Flint Michigan and bought 160 acres of raw land near the California-Oregon border to start a village shaped by his values. For $225,000 he bought land packed with wood for lumber, gravity-fed water, and plenty of sunlight for solar and growing. He had to clear road, build a bridge and construct homes, cabins and community spaces and huge gardens and terraced hillside for growing most of their own food. The Earthship Solarium, which stretches across the hillside nearly the length of a football field, provides year-round, produce and potatoes. Goats chickens and ducks provide milk and eggs. Schultz, who’s an unabashed prepper, says there is plenty of food on the property to survive any kind of disaster scenario. He focused on milk and eggs as ideal survival foods: “You know milk and potatoes are nutritionally complete on their own, you can live forever. The Irish tripled their population with milk and potatoes, right?” Dan says it costs just $5000 per year to maintain the property. This includes taxes, propane and supplies for building more cabins. His nightly rentals, like the popular hobbit hole, treehouse, a frame, and half moon cabins, pay for any expenses. Right now there are eight people in his community, but this number fluctuates based on applications. Members don’t pay any fees to live here, they simply help with farm or community chores. https://sustainableecovillage.com/