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Flexible prefab cabin wins Volume Zero’s 2020 Tiny House competition

Mumbai-based architecture competition platform Volume Zero has announced the winners of the 2020 Tiny House Architecture...

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10 things you need to know about living in the 2018 Airstream Globetrotter

Have you ever dreamed of packing your bags and hitting the road on an Airstream adventure? You're not alone. The...

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JPDA's clever furniture piece solves a common studio apartment layout issue

JPDA's Jordan Parnass, Anthony Moon and Sean Karns designed the millwork insertion specifically for the small space...

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See IKEA's storage-maximizing makeover of a 300-sq-ft studio apartment in the Bronx

Will and Delvon faced some common challenges in their 300-square-foot studio apartment. "With a wedding...

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Queen of tiny living shares her small space tips in 90 Lessons for Living Large in 90 Square Feet (...or more)

Why did you write a book about tiny living, and what do you hope your book will convey to readers? FC: I had...

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INTERVIEW: Queen of tiny living Felice Cohen on her new guidebook for small spaces

Our story on New Yorker Felice Cohen's incredibly micro 90-square-foot apartment went viral when we first published...

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Smart 380-square-foot studio design uses transforming components to maximize space

The owner of the miniature Upper East Side studio approached JPDA with the challenge of updating the historic home...

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Tiny 86-Square-Foot Flat in Paris Transforms Like a Swiss Army Knife

The space, located on the top level under the roof of an old Haussmann building in Paris. Originally designed as...

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Modern Kenjo Cabin is a solar-powered floating room for a family in Sweden

Limmared, Sweden-based prefab builder Kenjo offers up small prefab cabins designed for those needing more space...

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Build a Gypsy Wagon in the Woods - All It Takes Is Ingenuity, Elbow Grease And (mostly) Recycled Components!

The first thing you notice about this gypsy wagon is the surrounding smell of cedar forest and the sound of crashing...

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The Freedom Room is a Low-Cost Micro Apartment Designed by Prison Inmates

There is a large carpentry shop in the High Security Prison in Spoleto, Italy where inmates build furniture for...

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VIDEO: Clever woman lives, works and sleeps in a tiny space the same size as her bed

Chu's very modestly-sized room is actually part of what is called a "1.5 apartment" in Brooklyn, New York, where...

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6 great ways to organize your tiny home

Living in a small space can be liberating, believe it or not. Reducing the amount of stuff you own to a point where...

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INTERVIEW: We Chat With 16-Year-Old Tiny House Builder Austin Hay

Austin always thought it would be cool to build a treehouse, but once he found out you could build homes on a trailer...

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Tinywood Homes Come with Their Own Hot Tubs in the UK

Tinywood Homes is a small company in Warwickshire, UK that specializes in building tiny homes for both rentals...

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