The Crib

Prototype Model of the Award-Winning Crib. The Crib is designed as a kit of parts to be assembled on your site. The prototype is currently installed in the sculpture garden at the Strathmore Arts Center in North Bethesda, Maryland. The building is for sale to be removed from the site by the purchaser and relocated to the purchaser's property.

The Crib was originally designed as a weekend cottage for one to four people. It can also be used as a backyard office, studio, or guest room. If it is used for a house, cabin or guest suite we would suggest assembling The Crib on a full-height foundation level that we have designed to accommodate a bathroom, mechanical equipment, and a small bedroom or office. The prototype's office-in-a-box can be transformed into a kitchen-in-a-box.

Please see www.thecrib.info for a wealth of additional information about The Crib.

The Crib is certainly not the least expensive thing you can buy, but it is a very cool and structurally substantial little building. Think of it as living in a piece of furniture or in a sculpture.

To date The Crib has garnered the following awards and publications:
2010 Custom Home Design Award
2010 Low Price Housing, Germany
2010 Ditt Hus Magazine, Norway
2011 Washington Post, Local Living
2011 Tiny Houses Simple Shelter
2011 Maryland Life Magazine
2011 AIA Potomac Valley Design Award
2012 Inform Honor Award for Object Design
2012 Maryland AIA Design Award
2012 Garden and Gun Magazine (August/September)
2012 AIA EcoHome Magazine (September/October)
2012 Outside Magazine (September)
2013 Fine Homebuilding Magazine (August)
2013 Architizer A+Awards Special Mentions Certificate (Living Small Category)
2013 Back to the Cabin by Dale Mulfinger, Taunton Press
2014 Lux Magazine, Portugal (June)
2014 Featured in Tiny House Nation on the FYI Network (http://www.fyi.tv/shows/tiny-house-nation/videos)

The building is comprised of about 435 square feet including the main living level, the decks and the loft. If the habitable foundation is constructed that would bring the total up to about 600 square feet.

Construction drawings for the foundation are available upon request.