Iconic, efficient Warburg House cost less than $100k to build

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Warburg house is a simple, open and efficient home, with a reduced space that holds all of the functionality of a regular sized home (Photo by: Alison Anderson)

The iconic looking home is raised 200mm (7.9 inches) off the ground and is positioned along a large clearing surrounded by farmland (Photo by: Alison Anderson)

Without losing the sense of open space the home has been squeezed into an interior space of 576 sq.ft (53.5 sq.m)

The exterior of the building is protected by black corrugated steel sheets (Photo by: Alison Anderson)

The building’s compact size greatly minimizes the heating load on the home, which is supplied via radiant in-floor heating (Photo by: Alison Anderson)

The iconic looking home is raised 200mm (7.9 inches) off the ground and is positioned along a large clearing surrounded by farmland (Photo by: Alison Anderson)

The structure is supported by two steel frames, creating the possibility for a single open interior space (Photo by: Alison Anderson)

Several windows and skylights have been included to allow natural light to filter in from the southern exposure (Photo by: Alison Anderson)

The exterior of the building is protected by black corrugated steel sheets (Photo by: Alison Anderson)

Canadian design studio Bioi recently completed this compact home in Warburg, Alberta after being given the challenge to create a contemporary and energy-efficient home for under US$100,000 (Photo by: Alison Anderson)

Warburg house by Canadian architects Bioi (Photo by: Alison Anderson)

The kitchen has been reduced to nothing more than pure function

Compact and functional storage space

The structure is supported by two steel frames, creating the possibility for a single open interior space

Without losing the sense of open space the home has been squeezed into an interior space of 576 sq.ft (53.5 sq.m)

The structure is supported by two steel frames, creating the possibility for a single open interior space

Warburg house by Canadian architects Bioi (Photo by: Alison Anderson)

Warburg house by Canadian architects Bioi

Warburg house design by Canadian architects Bioi

The building’s compact size greatly minimizes the heating load on the home, which is supplied via radiant in-floor heating

Warburg house by Canadian architects Bioi

Warburg house plan by Canadian architects Bioi

Several windows and skylights have been included to allow natural light to filter in from the southern exposure

Warburg house is surrounded by farmland

Canadian design studio Bioi recently completed this compact home in Warburg, Alberta after being given the challenge to create a contemporary and energy-efficient home for under US$100,000 (Photo by: Alison Anderson)

Article Summary

Canadian design studio Bioi recently completed this compact home in Warburg, Alberta after being given the challenge to create a contemporary and energy-efficient home for under US$100,000. The result is a simple, open and sustainable home, with a reduced space that holds all of the functionality of a regular sized home. “Working alongside our client, we determined the true necessity of the space that they required,” principal architects Jordan Allen and Ryan Trefz told Gizmag. “Throughout the design phase redundant spaces were eliminated, and non-inhabitable spaces were pushed to an absolute minimum.”

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