For Sale: MiniHome Solo

For Sale: The miniHome, a Green Modern Sustainable Design Icon

The miniHome on tour in Philadelphia, from Dwell Magazine

Instant cottage!

It is a design classic, and the only one ever built. The miniHome Solo is solar and wind powered, a complete off-grid, self-sustaining year round machine for living. Designed by Andy Thomson of Altius Architecture, it was built to the highest standards without compromise. The miniHome is summering in Dorset, Ontario, and is available for immediate delivery and occupancy.

The MiniHome in Inhabitat

We have covered the Sustain MiniHOME on Inhabitat before – but this is the first time we’ve gotten a real photographic look at the gorgeous eco-friendly prefab. We go on and on about how sick and tired we are of seeing prefab in renderings and models and never the real thing. Of late, of course, we’ve had a few, such as Living Homes and a small army of sheds. But when we feasted our eyes on the most recent images of Sustain Mini Home’s first house, it was like getting a piece of 3-layer cake after endless courses of brussels sprouts. We could stare at these all day.

The MiniHome in The Open Architecture Network

The miniHome was featured in the Open Architecture Network.

The Sustain MiniHome is an elegant and modern yet autonomous, off-the-grid living unit with all of the comforts of home and more, built from green and sustainable materials.

Designer Andy Thomson has a lot of experience with small spaces- He lived in a van with his wife and daughter for three years while at Architecture school in Vancouver. He had to see for himself- "As a designer with a deep concern for the preservation of the planetary ecosystem, the primary focus in my personal life has been to discover a viable and affordable form of housing."

MiniHome on HGTV

The miniHome was featured on HGTV's Small Space, Big Style

MiniHome on David Suzuki's Nature of Things

The miniHome was part of an episode on "living small"

Press Coverage of the Sustain MiniHome: TreeHugger

Designer Andy Thompson in the miniHome. What I wrote in TreeHugger when I first saw it (and why I bought it)

TreeHugger loves modern prefab- It should make good green design affordable and accessible. It often does not live up to this promise- many are built far away as second homes, founded on concrete and tethered to the grid like any other house. Thats why we continue to be so excited about the Sustain MiniHome- conceptually a travel trailer, it can go anywhere, including parks all over North America. We have gushed over it before here and here but finally got to really see it and we are going to gush again. Everything we talk about at TreeHugger is in this baby.