Name That Shed

Can you name that shed?

Stylish forest shedworking

The spectacular Selgas Cano Architecture Office, photos by Iwan Baan.
Via Arch Daily where there are lots of fabulous photos.

Homeless Chateau Artist Residency

James Westwater's plans for a Homeless Chateau Artist Residency Program in Beacon, New York, are well underway now. The artists-in-residence will live and work inside the 4 x 4 x 8-foot structure for up to a week: James believes it is the smallest, fully self-contained artist residency structure in the world. Full details about amenities and showering arrangements are on his blog. "A little known fact about the Homeless Chateau is that it's original working title was Chateau for Homeless Artist," says James. "It evolved into the Homeless Chateau to address and raise awareness about the broader issue of homelessness." James hopes it will be a laboratory for artists to explore the barest essentials of their environmental and creative needs. Pictured above is the area where the foundations are being laid, and below is the Homeless Chateau scale model (perfect for your Action Man).

Michael Janzen: Pallet House on wheels

If you haven't already taken a browse around Michael Janzen's Tiny Free House site, do nip across. Essentially, he's building a titchy house (on wheels) modelled partly on Thoreau's Walden cabin. But while Thoreau's cabin was cheap to build, Michael's is going to cost nothing, largely because he's using wooden pallets as his primary source of material. As he very quotably puts it: "Shouldn't the true value of a home be measured by the happiness and security it brings instead of its size and cost?" Incidentally, issue 4 of his weekly Tiny House Living newsletter is also now available for reading.

Mobile shedworking: Business by Numbers

A nice piece at Enterprise Nation, focuses on Jim Rogerson and his Business by Numbers online business planning system. His plan is to work on a mobile basis from a whopping Winnebago. Here's what he says about it:

"The decision to launch the new business from a mobile base was all about getting on with our lives rather than putting them on hold. Given the current economic climate, many see income as the new wealth. We therefore need to focus on income generated from profit rather than from investments. We’re planning an odyssey of 10 years (or more) depending on health and wealth. The journey will formally start in Europe in the late summer of 2009 and we will travel to other continents over the years as our knowledge and confidence grows."

Well worth a browse.

Jay Shafer's Vardo for sale

The uncrowned king of the tiny house movement, Jay Shafer, is selling his vardo. More details at the equally blue-blooded Tiny House Blog

Wireless Cottage

As many of you guessed correctly, last weekend's Name That Shed was Wireless Cottage, part of the Grade II-listed Lizard Wireless Station at The Lizard, Cornwall. The two wooden huts are over 100 years old and were built by Marconi who used them in his early radio experiments. Now restored, they have been turned into a wireless museum and holiday accommodation run by The National Trust.

Marconi land radio stations were set up in other spots in the US. The Rocky Point Historical Society has useful details on their local shedworking station.