Dreaming of less home maintenance, lower utility bills, and a more laidback lifestyle? These small house designs will inspire ...

This is No Small Plans, a series where we highlight some of Dwell’s best floor plans for real, practical inspiration. It’s never easy to pinpoint the origins of an enduring architectural type.

From the outside, one cannot tell that this whole Palo Alto house is lifted 3 feet off the ground. Photo by Mariko Reed, courtesy Klopf Architecture. Creating a new 2,928-square-foot home to fit ...