Stacked volumes and space-saving floor plans feature in this roundup of 10 tiny houses around the world, from an Australian mobile cabin on wheels to a micro home in Tokyo with a pair of funnelled roofs.

Top: photo is by Studio Edwards. Above: photo is by Kai Nakamura
House Tokyo, Japan, by Unemori Architects
Japanese studio Unemori Architects built this corrugated steel-clad house comprising several stacked boxes on a 26-square-metre plot of land in densely populated Tokyo.
"You have to be experimental and clever with regards to its utmost usage and we looked towards how diverse and extendable the space could be within the tiny plot," said the studio.
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Photo is by Studio Edwards
Base Cabin, Australia, by Studio Edwards Base Cabin is a geometric micro home that features a sleek rubber skin and is mobile thanks to a set of wheels on which it can roll.
Melbourne-based Studio Edwards took cues from the recognisable A-frame hut for the cabin's design, which was created in this shape for its structural efficiency as well as to give a neat and compact appearance.
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Photo is by Andrés Villota
Casa Parásito, Ecuador, by El Sindicato
With a floor plan of only 12 square metres, Casa Parásito is a tiny parasitic home that sits atop an urban building in Quito, on which it relies for support and services.
Architecture office El Sindicato attached the dwelling to the existing building with steel foundations a...