Category: Design
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NestPod Tiny House by Jonathan Avery
The NestPod™ Tiny House- a new take on the mobile home, caravan or living wagon. I have just finished building the first NestPod™ which is a mobile multi use tiny house on wheels otherwise known as a caravan, living wagon etc. There are three models in the range – the Solo, Outback and Venture and four form factors. NestPods…
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NestHouse Tiny House by Jonathan Avery
Tiny House Scotland completed building the prototype NestHouse in June 2016 – a culmination of over two years research and development by designer and craftsman Jonathan Avery to produce…a highly insulated modular moveable micro house. This energy efficient, eco-friendly, sustainable Small House or Cabin, can be on-grid, off-grid or hybrid powered. It is a very comfortable 3.4m wide and is available in several lengths and module…
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Greenland Place
My favourite photo of my Dad George and I taken inside Greenland Place in Camden, London – my photography and graphics studio circa 1986. This was my second premises, having been in a Council incubator unit with Nick and our business The Image Factor, just around the corner in Carol Street Workshops for a year…
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The Shoal Sculpture
Carved poplar wood fish, copper pipe, oak base. L60cm. ©JMA2016
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Lloyd Kahn’s next book.
I am super-stoked (!) that my Nesthouse will be featured in Lloyd Kahn’s next book which is currently in preparation. Called ‘Small Houses’ it is the latest in an influential line of architectural tomes which have formed the backbone of ecological self builders’ inspiration world-wide for decades.
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Feature in Campfire Magazine
The Nesthouse and I are happy to have been featured in an article in Campfire – the online magazine for those who love the outdoors. They have written an excellent little article about Tiny Houses which gives a good contextual overview of this US phenomenon which has been part of my inspiration to create an innovative and sustainable new housing…
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Sneak peek at the Nesthouse interior!
I have been working on the interior photography of the main space in the Nesthouse this week – so here’s an early release to whet your appetite! Now you could just have your Nesthouse completed to shell finish – so it is ready for you to furnish, or, I could design and custom build every furniture item…
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The Nesthouse meets new friends!
We had a family party this weekend with friends and family travelling long distances to visit and celebrate Jo’s birthday. As a by-product, this also amounted to the Nesthouse’s debut public event with around 40 curious party-goers taking the tour! Mind you, it has had quite a few previous visits at various stages of construction by potential…
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Nesthouse Moveable Modular Small House System
I have designed the Nesthouse as a modular system – each of the three sizes 3.6m, 4.8m and 6.0m comes in a basic form (Live) available with three optional extra modules – Entry, Bathe and Sleep – giving internal areas ranging from 11.5m2 – 32.7m2
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Sparrow condo’s from Tiny House Scotland
After seeing a great piece by the RSPB on trying to help our beleaguered House Sparrows by putting up communal nest boxes – I decided it was time to ‘Practice what you preach’! These cute little birds were a very common site when I was a child – always nesting and chattering around the eaves of…
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Gothic Arbour – Tiny House Scotland
Tiny House Scotland’s latest construction – a garden arbour in a neo-gothic style. To be used as a view point, weather shelter and sculptural landmark. L 2.1m x W 1.1m x H 3.3m. Heavy timber frame post and beam with new and recycled materials. Redwood shiplap cladding. Sixty degree roof. Hand cast concrete piers. Recycled windows set asymmetrically…
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Garden Gate 3
Rustic Garden gate made from treated timber and roundwood (holly) with boat hook decoration.
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Garden Gate 2
Rustic garden gate with a combination of recycled pallet, treated timber and roundwood detailing by Jonathan Avery.
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Artwork for Tiny House Scotland project.
Further work on updating the THS logo…(its now a year old) and producing somw promotional images for print and web!
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Felix’s logo
Felix is out in Guatemala travelling and has started a new side line making sandwiches (well he is a chef)…on top of his usual hand crafted jewellery and knives. I had a bit of an inspirational moment and came up with this!
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Tiny House Scotland
New website started for Tiny House Scotland. Its a work in progress as the product is still at prototype stage.
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Bernard Tschumi
The recent retrospective on Bernard Tschumi at the Pompidou Centre provided a compelling analysis of a career spanning over 45 years – and ultimately reveals the architect’s unique integration of theory and practice
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Finished Bridge
Finished the replacement bridge. For drawings and other photo see this earlier post.
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Tiny House not vacant?
Further to the previous post – tiny house vacant – this morning I had a wonderful surprise and found our Mallard Mum and her eight ducklings sailing around the big pond at Shangri La – who knows they may even have spent the night in the duck hotel!
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bridge
Bridge design for Shangri La Farm to replace what was basically an eight metre plank which finally gave way. Now under construction.
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Edinburgh Modern Quilt Guild Logo
I have just finished designing the logo for the Edinburgh Modern Quilt Guild. It blends the colours from their parent body – the Modern Quilt Guild which was formed in Los Angeles in October of 2009, with an iconic view of Edinburgh Castle taken from one of my photographs. I drew the outlines using Adobe Illustrator then added…
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Owl Nest Box
Owl nest box from scrap plywood. 2011. Being sized up by a pair of Jackdaws as a potential “des-res”.