Small Spaces

Best of all, its green roof channels rainwater through the craggy terrain to create a trickling fountain.

The carefully crafted brick infill by architecture firm Whittaker Parsons figures neatly into the streetscape.

Elle Bytautaite uses clever design hacks to fix up her 365-square-foot flat—and impresses even her builders in the process.

In an area of the city with the highest concentration of tiny homes, design studio AMA reimagined a worker’s cottage in complete disrepair for a client aging in place.

As the HBO series’s viewership resurges, the smartly arranged studio of Marnie’s sweet, docile boyfriend in the first season deserves its own revisit.

HyperSpace tunes up a garage in Hertfordshire, England, with a dramatic facade that shelters bees, moths, and butterflies.

How do you pull off a renovation on a shoestring budget? If you’re Takk Architecture, do the opposite of what’s expected.

Point Supreme Architects kept its raw concrete and steel but implemented adventurous finishes and porous built-ins that maximize the apartment’s small footprint.

Architect Rafael Ramos turned a cramped 700-square-foot flat in Rio de Janeiro into a finely tuned space infused with his client’s personal style.

Tim Vander Hoek designs and builds a 60-square-foot office using a mix of lumber and a hallmark wraparound acrylic clerestory.

Part workspace, part garage, this curvaceous addition houses an entrepreneur’s passions while serving up a new twist on traditional masonry.

Gon Architects went big with the better things in life in the remaking of their client’s compact Madrid apartment.

Ginger Curtis shows that good things do come in small packages—even in Texas.

Guta Louro’s colorful home is full of furniture and artworks that highlight her journey from Brazil to New York, and now Texas.

Sim-Plex Design Studio uses built-ins and more space-saving solutions—like a concealed dining table—to create a highly functional yet cozy home.

Architect Carlo Gaspari sensitively transformed the Old World shop with references to the trade and calculated cuts for skylights.

Designer Ash Dipert reimagines a trio of mismatched outbuildings behind his family’s Craftsman home as a backyard suite filled with custom details for small-space living.

Each of its zones features a vibrant hue that adds character and definition to the roughly 600-square-foot space.

Karolina Howorko breaks through the ceiling to playfully reimagine her pocket-sized pad.

Studio Weave draws upon traditional craft and contemporary design to create a garden dwelling geared toward creative growth.

Inspired by Piet Mondrian, Miogui Architecture fixes up a 141-square-foot studio in Normandy with bright primary colors.

Miogui Architecture revamps a 137-square-foot Parisian flat with mirrors, color, and plenty of sunlight.

Enorme Studio’s high-tech Beyome system aims to make compact homes live larger than their square footage.

Dimensions X is laying plans to deliver buyers planet-friendly prefabs that begin with a seamless online shopping experience.

BRCJ Designs upgrades a 280-square-foot guest studio in the Hollywood Hills with white oak cabinetry, terrazzo counters, and full-sized amenities.

Three Scandi-inspired designs by Escape start at $43,600 and plug into a standard electrical outlet, an electric vehicle, or a solar array.

Architect Micaela Racca tore out every wall she could to create a continuous floor plan that maximizes space, storage, light, and air.

Texas-based artist and designer Rachel Farrington was inspired by the rocky ground, prairie grass, sandstone, and bright open skies of the Southwestern U.S.—where she and her...

Mirror, mirror on the wall—is this the tiniest apartment of them all?

Pirinen Salo Oy looks to church architecture and the illusions of cinema to craft an inspirational lakeside retreat.

Architecture firm Madeiguincho found inventive uses for windows and wood to craft a space for creating—or just relaxing.

Designed in collaboration with Garden Club London, the carbon-neutral retreat is a tiny slice of paradise.

Using recycled materials and by-hand techniques, Thomas Bossel of Pax Architects traded out refinement for rough-hewn edges to create an idyllic escape for his young family.

For a couple and their young daughter, In Studio designs a serene hillside home with clever interiors.

In Australia, a manufacturer and an architecture firm create an off-grid home that can be broken down and shipped across the world.

Sim-Plex Design Studio transforms a 504-square-foot flat for a young family with cleverly concealed storage and a private, lofted living space for their live-in helper.