Before & After: In Porto, a Tiny Home Emerges From Ruins
An abandoned workers’ house is revived to appear larger than its 344 square feet using mirrors and a fresh lick of paint.
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"For me, this was an opportunity to do things differently, to experiment," says architect Rui Dinis about the former workers’ home he bought in 2017 near Covelo Park, on the edge of central Porto, in Portugal.
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