10 square entries
Note: Voting has now ended! Thanks to all those who participated, and check out the post on the home page for more information about the “people’s choice”.
(Brooklyn, NY)
1 Photos
(Belgrade, Serbia)
13 Photos
(Nelson, BC)
6 Photos
(Elimira, NY)
5 Photos
(Pittsburgh, PA)
2 Photos
(London, UK)
8 Photos
(Nelson, BC)
7 Photos
(Las Vegas, NV)
4 Photos
(Portland, OR)
7 Photos
(Nelson, BC)
6 Photos
(Victoria, BC)
8 Photos
(Budapest, Hungary)
11 Photos
(Harrop-Procter, BC)
6 Photos
(Tiffin, IA)
9 Photos
(Rossland, BC)
4 Photos
(Mansfield, OH)
6 Photos
(Cary, NC)
2 Photos
(Victoria, BC)
8 Photos
(University Park, PA)
8 Photos
(Nelson, BC)
3 Photos
(Lusby, MD)
3 Photos
(Sterling, CO)
11 Photos
(Los Angeles, CA)
7 Photos
(Belmont, MA)
4 Photos
(Skillman, NJ)
5 Photos
(Nelson, BC)
5 Photos
(King City and Oak Ridges, ON)
1 Photos
(Dallas, TX)
4 Photos
(Nelson, BC)
9 Photos
(Nelson, BC)
7 Photos
(Brewster, MA)
5 Photos
(Belgrade, Serbia)
7 Photos
(Three Forks, MT)
6 Photos
(Vancouver, BC)
7 Photos
(Kamloops, BC) The TRU (Thompson Rivers University)Team is comprised of: Dale R. Parkes, Geoffrey .S. Bowe, Ashok Mathur, Ron McGivern, Murray Young and Michael D. Mehta.
7 Photos
(Gothenburg , Sweden)
3 Photos
(Philadelphia, PA)
4 Photos
(Potsdam, Germany)
12 Photos
(Vancouver, BC)
3 Photos
Which is your favorite design?
- Entry 12: Dora Edelmann (40%, 1,867 Votes)
- Entry 35: the TRU Team (22%, 1,010 Votes)
- Entry 25: Andy Sheldon (11%, 493 Votes)
- Entry 38: Frank Anusky (6%, 287 Votes)
- Entry 21: Jonathan Davis (4%, 198 Votes)
- Entry 16: Matthew Stanfield (2%, 113 Votes)
- Entry 10: Nelson Rocha, Cam Shute (2%, 98 Votes)
- Entry 20: Gabor Kelemen (2%, 86 Votes)
- Entry 39: Morgan Deschuymer (1%, 66 Votes)
- Entry 11: Keith Dewey, Mark Roche (1%, 59 Votes)
- Entry 2: Nikola Mauzer (1%, 43 Votes)
- Entry 8: Frank Dobrucki (1%, 37 Votes)
- Entry 3: Bill Harbord (1%, 33 Votes)
- Entry 17: Rusty Long (1%, 32 Votes)
- Entry 19: Michael Proscia (1%, 31 Votes)
- Entry 26: Gabriele Sinclair (0%, 21 Votes)
- Entry 18: Tracy Clifford (0%, 21 Votes)
- Entry 24: Harout Kelian (0%, 17 Votes)
- Entry 7: Kai Korinth (0%, 16 Votes)
- Entry 34: Graham Smith (0%, 16 Votes)
- Entry 22: John P Bostron (0%, 14 Votes)
- Entry 27: Patrick Turner, Annamaria Perruccio (0%, 13 Votes)
- Entry 14: Cory Hagen (0%, 10 Votes)
- Entry 33: Kevin Keith (0%, 9 Votes)
- Entry 23: Doc Sasaki (0%, 8 Votes)
- Entry 1: Camillo Cerro (0%, 7 Votes)
- Entry 4: Sarah Little (0%, 7 Votes)
- Entry 15: Demitri Lesniewicz (0%, 6 Votes)
- Entry 32: Aleksandar Bajic (0%, 5 Votes)
- Entry 13: Joern Wingender (0%, 4 Votes)
- Entry 29: Stephen Sinclair (0%, 4 Votes)
- Entry 36: Traian Cimpeanu (0%, 4 Votes)
- Entry 37: André Heuchling (0%, 3 Votes)
- Entry 6: Warren Burton (0%, 2 Votes)
- Entry 5: Robert Ferry (0%, 2 Votes)
- Entry 9: Bill Badrick (0%, 1 Votes)
- Entry 31: Charles Spiegel (0%, 0 Votes)
- Entry 30: Jeffrey Emmett (0%, 0 Votes)
- Entry 28: Mia Ovcina (4%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 4,641
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October 11th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
WOW!!!!!!
What an innovative fresh design for a modern looking green dwelling! This design gets my thumbs up far better than any of the others on here.
October 12th, 2010 at 9:02 am
Good job Cory, this is a very functional house. Every-thing is proportioned very well for the space you have to work with. Love the windows to that give it light and space!
October 12th, 2010 at 9:45 am
I can’t wait to build one on my farm for luxury camping. We have been looking for a smart design and here it is!
October 12th, 2010 at 11:03 am
It is impossible to evaluate these designs as it is impossible to read most of the drawings. Unless there is a substantial improvement in the readability of the drawings, this is a very unfair competition
October 13th, 2010 at 9:08 am
Hi Megan, you can click on “View with Pic Lens” and expand each entry to full screen. Also keep in mind that a jury is deciding the winners and they have access to pdfs of each design. Voting on the site is for the people’s choice award.
October 13th, 2010 at 10:43 am
i agree. it is very difficult to read. unless see the each frame.
it would been nicer if this was the way to be presented.
no offense.
October 13th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
I agree with Doc and Megan… one clear page on each would have been better than flashy and hard to navigate. If I had a week to look at all of them then the way it is would be fine… but I don’t.As it is I voted for one with a great floor plan that I could see without a computer science degree. For what it’s worth, even at full screen some of the ones with the most votes were unreadable so I must assume they have their friends voting for their designs in mass…
October 14th, 2010 at 8:38 am
Andee,
There are a lot of entries, and it takes time to look at them all, that’s true. It’s also true that there’s always room for improvement, and with the benefit of hindsight (and a bigger budget!) we would no doubt try to fine tune the process should we try and do this again in the future. That being said, most entries are reasonably short, and once you’re familiar with the navigation I think you can move through the images pretty quickly. Although some of the smaller text can be difficult to read, I’ve tried to ensure that the project description is as clear as possible, and that the image thumbnails on the main page are fairly representative of each entry.
Also, a reminder that in addition to the “people’s choice” award, there will be three finalists determined by a blind jury who have taken the time to review each entry. Ultimately, apart from the awards, what I hope this competition does is help generate thought and discussion around a subject area that many people (myself included) are keenly interested in.
Rod
October 15th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
I have clicked on the pictures individually. I am very interested in these designs, not just to vote, but also because my husband and I are looking at options for downsizing our living space and there are beautiful designs on this site that have such low rez pictures that I can’t even read the text associated with the drawing. Which defeats the whole purpose of the competition (getting people to think about how they can live in a smaller space and use less resources). There are amazing designs here. I just wish I could see the lower rez ones.
October 15th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Megan,
As I mentioned earlier, although some of the smaller text can be difficult to read, I’ve tried to ensure that the project description is as clear as possible, and I think the images also help give a pretty reasonable sense of what is being proposed. If you’re interested in purchasing plans or otherwise getting more detailed information, email me at tensquarecompetition@gmail.com and I’d be happy to forward your inquiry.
Rod
October 12th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Love It!!
October 12th, 2010 at 11:58 am
I really like the split upper level for flexibility and that it’s easily collapsed and moved.
October 12th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Wow! and Wow! again. This is very cool. What an impressive list of entries.
Nice work putting this together Rod and thank you to all those who entered designs. This could be days worth of reading and viewing for me and I look forward to building one of them at our home as a guest/farm help cabin.
October 12th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Jim,
I agree – it’s been really inspiring seeing them all, all the entrants deserve a lot of credit for their hard work!
Rod
October 12th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Is there a way to do a slide show on all the entries – it is hard to pull up each entry to view.
The pictures are not big enough.
October 12th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Ann,
I’m not aware of a way to do continual slide show for all entries, sorry to hear you’re having troubles.
Regarding the size, for me they come up full screen, but perhaps they’re showing up differently for you – I’ll have to refer that to my tech support to see if they have anything to say about it.
Rod
October 13th, 2010 at 4:56 am
I have to say that while I love my own design for what I created it for. I really like the “Flyaway Home” by Keith and Mark. It makes great use of the vertical space to free up the floorplan to not feel crowded. I love the idea.
October 13th, 2010 at 5:44 am
Wow – loving the Glowbe Home design by Patrick and Ana Maria! Quite an innovative concept and a great use of space!
October 13th, 2010 at 6:08 am
The “Flyaway home” is so innovative. The use of floorspace is amazing. I would love to have a real life tour. This one is my fav. entry for sure!
October 13th, 2010 at 7:14 am
Is it possible to obtain a set of plans for Entry 20 by Gaboe Keleman, “Ten”? If so, what is the cost and contact address?
H. Sulzer
October 13th, 2010 at 7:59 am
Harry,
Thanks for your interest – I’ll forward your inquiry to Gabor and you can discuss the details with him.
Rod
October 13th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Good eye Harry. Gabor has created a lot of usable space, includes stairs and has created an easy to build design that is pleasing to view.
This is going to be a tough decision. To make it even tougher, I think I may know Gabor. How many talented guys named Gabor can there be in Nelson?
So many plans, so little time.
October 13th, 2010 at 7:28 am
How do I vote?
October 13th, 2010 at 7:54 am
Helena,
Scroll down to the bottom of the page to select your favourite.
Rod
October 13th, 2010 at 8:04 am
Great job!
October 13th, 2010 at 8:38 am
This is incredible, but I don’t understand how to vote. I’ve scrolled down to the bottom of the page as it says, but there’s just this comment box.
October 13th, 2010 at 9:07 am
Lynda,
Hmmmm. Not sure what’s happening there, I do know other folks are finding it there. You should be seeing a list of all the entries directly below entry #39 on the “10 Square Entries” page where you can select your favourite. I’ll have to check with my tech support to see if they have any helpful suggestions.
Rod
October 13th, 2010 at 9:23 am
Thanks, Rod. Bit of a luddite here. Now when I scroll over the little bar for my favourite entry, it says I already voted for it. I swear that wasn’t happening before, and I’m not sure what I did to vote, but it appears I’ve outsmarted myself once again!
October 13th, 2010 at 9:17 am
Linda, You have to go to the actual page where entries are posted and look between the entries and the comments for a list of 39 names and designs. I missed it at first too.
October 13th, 2010 at 8:49 am
I like entry #18 (Clifford) because of its simplicity and practicality — and because it has STAIRS that someone “of a certain age” like myself could actually use. If I were designing it for myself, I’d make some changes to make it friendlier to a warmer climate — such as an extended overhang on the downward side of the roof which could cover a deck on that side.
October 13th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
I really like this one too and I noticed the proper stairs first thing. As a former carpenter, I know that many nasty falls in the home take place on stairs and that well designed and constructed stairs make for safer living. Another plan included a railing which is also a safe idea and could be easily added to this plan.
Ladders hurt more people than stairs, and the short ones are the worst because you don’t fall far enough to get your feet under you and often land on your head causing more serious injuries to the head, neck and spine.
Tracey’s design is really practical and creates a lot of usable space too. I like the fact that the building envelope is simple to build. Not a real looker perhaps but it is a winner for function, ease of construction and use of space.
A rough framing plan is included which shows that some time was spent thinking about practicalities. I’ve worked off architectural plans that were sparse on detail but stunning ideas. They were expensive to build both in time and materials.
This looks like one that would complete on budget.
October 13th, 2010 at 9:10 am
I love that some people designed a whole community of these as in no. 2 from Serbia which incorporated 4 levels to a 10 x 10 dwelling, wow! Also loved 6 in 1, since it’s so in tune with Nelson culture.
My dream would be a nice place to have a bath — public bath house maybe?
October 13th, 2010 at 9:19 am
Wow! These are fantastic. It’s very difficult to pick one over all. Many have great features built in and all use their space very well. Great job on every entry!
October 13th, 2010 at 10:07 am
You need to make improvements as errors are occuring when items are selected and blank webpages come up. Unless there is a substantial improvement in the programming of this website you will lose people as pages are very slow to load and errors are frequent.
October 13th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
TQ,
Thanks for the feedback and your patience, I’ve passed your message on to see what can be done.
Rod
October 13th, 2010 at 10:28 am
I’m impressed by the versatility of #10 and the inspired upcycling of locally available junk. Good-looking presentation, too …
October 13th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
# 11 does it for me
October 13th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
I love the Cube House by Cory Hagen. Great use of space. Love the idea of only one sink and the partition between the BR and kitchen. I could see living in this right NOW.
October 13th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
beauty will save us….I love the clean lines too.
October 13th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
11 works out the best.
October 13th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Hey sorry don’t know what the deal is that people are putting my name and then commenting..Sorry, I don’t know what is going on. I think people are commenting to me and not for me. This is my first comment on this page, sorry for the Inconveniences.
October 13th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Frank,
I was finding that a bit puzzling as well, thanks for checking in. I’ll remove them just to avoid confusion.
Rod
October 13th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
These are great! I was planning to participate, but I didn’t manage to learn how to use sketchup quickly enough to adequately present my design. Now I see someone else had exactly the same idea as I did – my design was almost exactly the same as no. 29! Thumbs up to the designer of that house. I like it!
October 14th, 2010 at 3:51 am
Some incredibly talented people here! Good job to all of the designers!
October 14th, 2010 at 7:31 am
WOW this looks wonderful!! I wish you all best:)
October 14th, 2010 at 7:37 am
Go Frankie Anusky, awesome design!
October 14th, 2010 at 7:38 am
Wonderful! I love it.
October 14th, 2010 at 9:13 am
!
October 14th, 2010 at 10:31 am
In a house this small…. there is a lot to be said about a simple basic design. I do find them all fascinating but #26 gets my thumbs up.
October 14th, 2010 at 11:54 am
This is fantastic!
October 14th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Nice!
October 14th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Frank,
Great Design, you even made good use of space under the stairwell for a bedroom.
Mr. Gallagher
October 14th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
#35 get my vote. Award winning stuff
October 14th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
What a lot of creativity and what fun!
October 14th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
I am at the 10 square entries page and I have scrolled down to the bottom of the page, and all I get is a comment page, where is the voting for your favorite. Thanks
October 14th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Valerie,
I’m not sure why it’s not appearing for you – perhaps try reloading the page a few times. It’s also possible that if anyone has voted from your computer already, it may not allow you to vote again. Let me know if you’re not successful, and I’ll see if I can find out more.
Rod
October 14th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
I would like to vote for #23!
October 15th, 2010 at 10:23 am
i don’t think i know you. but thanks for your vote. my concept was ‘anybody can build using local 2x lumbers and plumbing pipes, etc’. nothing fancy but livable. if there is no electricity to plug in nor water source, it has be self contained unit.
thanks again
October 14th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
If you wanna see bigger pics, just click on a pic, then right click: view image. The full screen shot will come up, and from there you can zoom in further.
October 14th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Wow Good Luck
October 14th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
I like the beetle house
The color of the wood and the fact you are using wood that is on the way out.
All the designs inspire us to stay the course: better
living by design.
October 14th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
I thought that #16 Matt Stanfield’s house had a great use for space, was creative while functional, yet still attractive to the eye, which is a huge bonus with me! I vote for Matt!
October 15th, 2010 at 11:13 am
i noticed something Rod.
some of has more than required sq ft area.
i thought the any covered floor or deck area has to be counted as a part of area requirement of max 107 sq ft or 10sq meter.
October 15th, 2010 at 11:31 am
Doc,
For the purposes of this competition, “building footprint” is defined as the perimeter of the enclosed spaces at ground level. As long as the exterior space (eg. a porch or deck) is not enclosed (railings are allowed), it is not included as part of the footprint. I did review each entry as they came in, but if you see one that you think exceeds the footprint requirement, let me know and I’ll have another look.
Rod
October 15th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Hi all! I have to tell you that my favourite one is the number 12′ I think it is a unique and quite environmental freindly solution. So good luck for everyone but the most for Solaris 10!!! I love it
October 15th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
I was torn between #25 a more traditional tiny house with a very functional floor plan you could live with (a house is not a home without a porch) and #38 with a more modern look. Loved both but went with the multi level with excellant functionality and great outdoor spaces. With so many great entries I would love to see a downloadable e-book so we could really study these plans. Reasonable cost to provide and would make you some money for your next contest. Include contact info for the designers please. Congratulations to all the contestants and your staff. Great job!
October 15th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Thanks everyone for supporting the Beetle House #35. We are delighted to see that so many people appreciate that using materials that have been damaged by insects like the Pine Beetle is important for a variety of reasons.
If you’re interested, please read a short article of mine entitled “Small is beautiful and eminently livable.” It can be found at http://flyingshingle.com/cgi-bin/coranto/viewnews.cgi?id=20100103192814698611
Also, I have a video on Youtube of my own project for a small house (575 square feet) built in British Columbia, Canada. It’s at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiyBGxQDULw
October 15th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Good job on most entries but my favourite was Graham Smiths design, nos 34. A house that was modern, functional, accomodating, realistic and aesthetically pleasing. It could fit rural, urban and off grid locations too! Well done Graham!
October 16th, 2010 at 2:16 am
Hajrá Dóra,
a tiéd a legjobb.
http://koos.hu/2010/10/14/tamogassuk-az-egyetlen-magyar-epitesz-palyazot/?preview=true&preview_id=2836&preview_nonce=72ccb0548c
October 16th, 2010 at 7:44 am
Although I understand the economy of placing sink, shower and toilet in a single space, I do not find ie esthetically pleasing. Many of these designes attempt to maximize space by sacrificing esthetic value. They do not receive my vote. Also, presentation goes a long way. For these two reasons I’m voting for entry #25 from Andy Sheldon.