First off, Derek 'Deek' Diedricksen and his site Relax Shacks is a truly great resource. He also has a You Tube channel chock full of tours of tiny cabins/homes, which are great at getting those design ideas flowing. And he has a book as well, Humble Homes, Simple Shacks, that's kinda unconventional, but I'm willing to invest $14 in it to check it out (I'll give it a review when it comes in). Derek's site and channel are the best out there at cobbling together a lot of the information on tiny houses/cabins.
http://www.relaxshacks.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/relaxshacksDOTcom
Here's a video of an awesome A-Frame design that Derek sells the plans for...
I also acquired The Barefoot Architect by Johan van Legen. It's a well written and thought out book. But it's wide scope---from city design to building design---is just way too broad to be of much use. If I were joining the Peace Corp and was going to be shipped to some random location around the world, this book would probably be indispensable. But for my goals, the scope of this book is way too broad.
A step up in usefulness is Tiny House Living, Although it strays too much into extolling the virtues and ideas behind wanting to build/live in a tiny house, it still has a lot of good observations and ideas. It's loaded with a ton of great photos---which can help to spur on your own ideas, as well as helping you to determine what tiny home design features you would find most desirable. I would say this book would be excellent for someone considering the leap into living in (and possibly building) their own tiny home.
As the books continue to roll in, I'll post some brief reviews of each one of them!
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