Articles on the MINI HOME ~ THE PERFECT HOUSE: ARCHITECTURE
A home built with a clear conscience
Since his teen years, Toronto designer Andy Thomson, 36, has been passionate about minimal living. His architectural thesis at Ryerson University, for instance, involved dwelling for a year in a tent, testing the outer limits and possibilities of self-containment. Later on, he and his wife lived in a Volkswagen van until their first child came along, and then, instead of doing the standard Toronto thing and moving into a house, they just got a bigger van.
