This Shape-Shifting Apartment Lets an Architect Work from Home

When Tokyo architect Yuko Shibata and her husband bought an aging 940-square-foot apartment in 2009, she knew she wanted to remodel it to include a home office where she could base her firm. But there was a catch: "My husband wanted to come back to a home, not an office, and I needed a switch of some sort when work was over," she says. So how to meet the challenge while sticking to a tight budget?