Tag: Small Spaces
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Skinny house in Tokyo is barely wider than a parking space (Video)
This video takes us inside an ultra-narrow house in Tokyo, showing how the use of a few clever design tricks to make it feel more spacious.
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Hairy skyscraper to collect energy through piezo-electric straws
It's true those teeny wind turbines attached to big buildings always look...useless. So Stockholm architects tried to come up with better energy collectors for skyscrapers.
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Eco-minded 204 sq. ft. tiny home packs in tons of thoughtful details (Video)
This wife-and-husband, designer-and-builder team created their own modern tiny home to realize the dream of simplifying their lives, while saving money.
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Fisherman's home turned into ultra-modern 753 sq. ft. transformer apartment (Video)
This small-but-dynamic, renovated apartment in Barcelona takes its design cues from boat design and hides some delightful surprises.
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Cromatic: A vibrant transformer furniture set for kids
This colorful line of space-saving transformer furniture for kids lets them configure their space as they please.
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Charming microhomes built with salvaged heritage lumber
As a built expression of deliberate simplicity and local building traditions, these picturesque tiny homes are built by Charles Finn using recycled materials.
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220 square foot tiny house built by design/build students in Vermont
It's built from recycled and sustainable materials and is full of good ideas, shown in this video from Offbeat Spaces.
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Forward-thinking Tiny Homes are built from "pure salvage"
An American tiny house builder specializes in what he calls "pure salvage building."
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When designing a 425 square foot apartment, it sure helps to have a 25 foot ceiling
Specht Harpman Architects pack four levels into a New York loft
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Tiny NYC half-bedroom converted into elegant chamber (Video)
Check out this video on how one interior designer transforms a teeny half-bedroom into a tasteful, multifunctional space.
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Skinny makeover lights up 7-foot wide house
A narrow, terraced house built over an old lane to the stables is cleverly re-done to bring in more natural lighting and ventilation.
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Hong Kong's housing crisis seen through 40 sq.ft. "cubicle" apartments (Photos)
The growing disparity between wealthy and poor is reflected in this shocking photo report on the tiny island city's critical lack of affordable housing.
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Clever cubbies augment tiny 240 sq. ft. NYC apartment
Small doesn't have to mean cramped -- in this renovation, architect Tim Seggerman uses lots of little crafted nooks to make it feel cozy yet spacious.
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Multi-purpose NYC bookstore recycles materials to maximize tiny space (Video)
With help from design firm LOT-EK, this specialized bookstore in New York City makes the most out of a small space in ingenious ways.
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12-year-old building own crowd-funded "Tiny House" (Video)
A young girl is constructing her own tiny 128 sq. ft. home with all the amenities, with salvaged materials and crowd-sourced funding.
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Tokyo renters paying $568 for tiny coffin-sized apartments
Cost-conscious residents in Tokyo's Shibuya district are living in ultra-small apartments that only have enough space to sleep in.
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Transformer sofa turns into dining table and seating for six
Another way of squeezing more living into small spaces.
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10 More Ways To Hide The Bed (Some of Which You Can Actually Afford)
Every tiny apartment does not have to have an expensive Murphy bed.
