As 2024 comes to a close, here’s our pick of the best, most innovative, and most interesting tiny houses we’ve seen throughout the year.
The models we’ve chosen encompass everything from the smallest tiny house we’ve ever seen to massive family models, budget options, and even an insane motorized tiny house used to tear up the landscape.
As usual, we’re not being too strict with the definition of tiny house here, nor are we overly concerned with practicalities – basically, anything that’s suitably small and caught our interest goes.
Read on for our top 10 tiny houses of 2024, which is presented in no particular order, and you can also hit the gallery to see more photos and information for each.
Rubitracks
Arguably as much a motorhome as it is a tiny house, the Rubishack, by Canada’s Rubitracks, has its own engine and off-road tracks, allowing it to overcome even the most challenging terrain.
It consists of a heavily modified truck base and a first-generation Cummins engine that’s anchored by four bolt-on tracks, all of which allows the tiny house to handle rivers, snow, mud, and beach. The length of the Rubishack comes in at 16 ft (4.8 m) and its interior is basic but includes seats sourced from a 1970s motorhome that swivel 360 degrees, a double bed, and a seating area with a table.
Levi Kelly
This remarkable tiny house shows just how small a dwelling can actually get while remaining usable. Designed by Levi Kelly, it’s a triumph in space-saving design and measures a mere 19.46 sq ft (1.8 sq m).
The unnamed abode includes a sofa with storage, plus a neat mini mezzanine sleeping area. There’s also a kitchen with a working sink and portable stove. Since a bathroom couldn’t fit inside, the tiny house has a shower mounted to its exterior, while an external storage box contains a camping-style toilet.
João Carranca
Designers never seem to run out of good ideas for old shipping containers and the Cargo, by Portuguese studio Madeiguincho, is a better example of this than most.
Measuring roughly 20 x 8 ft (6 x 2.5 m), the Cargo is finished in wood and its rooftop terrace sports a large overhang to help keep it a comfortable temperature. Its interior includes a raised bed with storage, as well as an L-shaped seating area, plus a kitchen and a small bathroom.
Wind River Tiny Homes
The Pisgah Park Model, by Wind River Tiny Homes, is arranged so that its living and sleeping areas are situated either side of a central porch, offering a sense of separation between the two and encouraging an indoor-outdoor lifestyle.
Having a considerable length of 45 ft (13.7 m), the tiny house’s living and kitchen areas sport a high ceiling and generous glazing. Over on the other side of the porch, much of the available floorspace is taken up by the master bedroom. Elsewhere is a bathroom and a second upstairs bedroom that’s reached by ladder.
