Home of the Year from Natural Home

Natural Home magazine’s first competition is an 800 ft² (75 m²) home in the Arcadia cohousing community in Carrboro, North Carolina. The attached unit, including a host of environmental features, was built by architect Giles Blunden. In keeping with the tendency to recognize the value of modest size, one of the runners-up was a 130 ft² (12 m²) house. This one, by Jay Shafer, was built on wheels to get around Iowa City, Iowa’s minimum size requirements.