Tallhouse: an adaptable, timber model for low-carbon urban housing
In an effort to bring down carbon emissions and streamline the building of cost-effective urban housing, Boston-based...
Designers propose sustainable housing in response to COVID-19 lifestyle changes
For those lucky enough to keep their jobs during the global pandemic, a large portion have been working from home...
Victorian-era townhouse converted into 14 light-filled micro-apartments
The popularity of micro-apartments has really taken off over the years as cities continue to seek affordable solutions...
This $10k tiny house can be built with a hex key in less than a day
Cheap Chinese goods are a bit of a joke in America, but when a company manages to produce an entire house with...
Berlin’s famed brutalist Bierpinsel tower hits the market for $3.8m
You can now live in one of Berlin's most iconic examples of brutalist architecture - for the price tag of $3.8...
MINI’s tiny innovative home for three purifies the air in Milan
How do we cope with the increasing shortage of attractive housing in today’s cities? Car manufacturer MINI teamed...
Thriving student village allows fauna and flora to flourish
The built environment ensures that fauna and flora can flourish uninhibited by human presence, embracing the traditional...
Go See Real New Yorkers Live in a Tiny Apartment Inside the Museum of the City of New York
MCNY's "Living Large While Living Small" will take place over the last month of the "Making Room: New Models for...
Shipping Container Homes Ease UK Homeless Crisis
A slew of converted shipping containers are expected to help ease a growing homelessness epidemic in cities across...
PHOTOS: 325 Sq. Ft. Micro Apartment Opens at the Museum of the City of NY's Making Room Exhibit
With an the estimated increase of one million residents by 2030 announced in Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC report, housing...
Industrial Chic Mishima House is a Sterling Example of Low Budget Urban Housing in Japan
It was very important to maintain a sense of privacy despite the home's location amid the din of central Tokyo....
Polikatoikea Combines Small Space Living With Urban Design and an Ikea Philosophy
Filipe Magalhaes and Ana Luisa Soares collaborated on Polikatoikea for the Origami Competition to design a new...
MILES HIGH ULTIMA TOWER: Vertical Eco City Works Like a Tree
We've seen a whole slew of gigantic, volcano shaped, city-in-a-building towers, each promising to be the largest...
PREFAB FRIDAY: Parasitic Homes Take Root On Empty Walls
As more people filter into the city, open land to build on will become more and more scarce, and we may have to...
