This is an invitation to explore, and perhaps build, seventeen of the most ingenious, eccentric, fantastical houses ever built, from George Bernard Shaw's Writing Hut to a tiny Cape Cod Honeymoon Cottage. Each tiny house offers the dream of solitude, romance, meditation or whimsy.

In the text accompanying the photographs of each tiny house, award-winning architect Lester Walker describes the background of each home or shelter, the community or setting where it is located, and the lifestyle that is a part of the tiny house experience.