Small Spaces Big Ideas: Tiny Homes That Live Large Under 1,000 Square Feet

Small Spaces Big Ideas: Tiny Homes That Live Large Under 1,000 Square Feet
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“Mad Men” Star Vincent Kartheiser’s 580-Square-Foot L.A. Home
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This Two-Part Landscaping Renovation Includes a Green Roof and an “Outdoor Playroom”
This Two-Part Landscaping Renovation Includes a Green Roof and an “Outdoor Playroom”
In an unusual collaboration among birds, wind, and one of San Francisco’s leading landscape architects, a California designer makes a pair of unique outdoor living spaces—one low...
By Zahid Sardar - 6 days ago
A 480-Square-Foot Lake Austin Cabin Fits a Whole Family—Grandchildren Included
A family matriarch enlisted an architect, an interior designer, a builder, and a landscape architect to help realize her vision for a diminutive, low-key waterfront getaway.
America’s Growing Micro-Dwelling Movement
From crowded cities to a trailer park of tiny houses planned for Sonoma County, California, multiunit micro-housing complexes are popping up all across the country.
Three Designers Jump-Start Their Practice With an Affordably Built Home in New Zealand
With the trio fabricating everything in the house, their inaugural project came in at about $130 per square foot.
With $20K, a Chilean Architect Builds His Mom a Low-Maintenance Beach House
Mathias Klotz’s first project, a deceptively simple coastal refuge, was commissioned by his mother on a shoestring budget.
Space-Saving Furniture Folds Into the Walls of This 520-Square-Foot Backyard Retreat
Custom woodwork, clever built-ins, and an open interior define the flexible space for a busy family in Portland, Oregon.
A “Bent House” Fits Into a Staggeringly Tight Tokyo Lot
In the Japanese capital, where the houses are crammed cheek by jowl, two old friends from architecture school create a 793-square-foot home out of canted concrete boxes.
Inside Designer Peter Fehrentz’s Berlin Pied-à-Terre
After a much-needed renovation, the multihyphenate creative’s 646-square-foot flat embraces a confident color palette and clever space-saving tricks.
The Tiny Hollywood Home of “Mad Men” Star Vincent Kartheiser
The actor has all he needs in his 580-square-foot “Japanese industrial–style” cabin loft.
A 1960s English Deckhouse Returns to Its Original Glory
A design-minded pair ensures that their tiny seaside getaway on stilts in Hampshire, England, is shipshape.
A 93-Square-Foot Former Boiler Room Becomes a Guesthouse With a Sleeping Loft
Making the most of vertical space unleashes the potential of a petite San Francisco project.
Reading Time: Creative Books for Kids
From picture books for pint-size readers to more involved, didactic tomes that parents can read to their kids, break out these entertaining and educational volumes for more...
This Snug Stockholm Kitchen Remodel Relies on a Less-Is-More Model
What’s the secret to successfully wedging a kitchen into a 258-square-foot apartment? A visual balancing act.