Competition: win a book about tiny "nomadic" homes all over the world
Dezeen is giving two readers the chance to win a copy of Nomadic Homes, a book featuring a selection of moveable compact dwellings around the globe.
Nomadic Homes: Architecture on the Move is written by Philip Jodidio and includes examples of homes that have been designed to move from place to place.
A majority of the projects are floating houses or prefabricated units, and tend to be small in scale.
Angled units rest against the frame of Carl Turner's Floating House. Photo by Carl Turner Architects
Spanning 44 pages, the illustrated book is published by Taschen, and includes photographs and descriptions of the housing designs.
Graphic designer Russ Gray created colourful drawings for the book, seen on the cover image and various pages inside. Mikael Genberg built the Manta Underwater Room for snorkelling in Pemba Island north of Zanzibar. Photo by The Manta Resort
Projects featured in Nomadic Homes are based on "homes on the move around the world," and range from floating units, to rustic cabins and quick set-up pods.
Examples include the Underwater Room, constructed from an open-air timber frame in Zanzibar by Mikael Genberg, and Portage Bay Floating Home by Ninebark ? with a rooftop deck and sizeable indoor living space.
Francis and Arnett used weathering steel to craft a boxy unit on wheels. Photo by Epic Retreats and Owen Howells
Also among the pages is Carl Turner Architects' narrow two-storey Floating House, the plans for which are available to downloa...
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