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Modular Micro-Pad: 85 Sq Ft Loft Full of Slide-Out Surprises

Using a system of large sliding doors and functional-filled drawers to transform a maid's quarters into a whole home, this small-footprint apartment in Paris gives a (much more positive) new ...

SCADpads: Parking Garage Turned Tiny House Village

Just how livable can a 135-square-foot micro-house really be? That's what an interdisciplinary group of students, faculty and alumni at Savannah College of Art and Design set out to learn with ...

Mini Book of Major Events: Whole World History in Your Hand

In a handful of pages in a book the size of a fingernail, this book artist tells a minimalist story of life on Earth, illustrating pivotal moments with brief text and tiny ...

Modular Retrofit: Bamboo Micro-Homes in Deserted Factories

A pragmatic twist on visionary plug-and-play architecture, this project combines a cheap and fast-growing material with existing (abandoned) infrastructure to address the extensive needs of ...

Cool Million: Famous 420 Square Foot SoHo Condo for Sale

A multifunctional masterpiece built with crowd-sourced design ideas and a small-space vision by the founder of TreeHugger, this New York City apartment is now for sale for ...

Sand Cities: Geometric Architecture Sculpted from Beaches

A serious step beyond traditional sand castles, these sculptural micro-structures range from simple sets of cubes to miniature buildings and architectural complexes. Calvin ...

Micropolitan: Mini Model City Cycles 100,000 Cars Per Hour

Even when you can observe it fly by from outside, seemingly above the fray, experiencing rush hour traffic may not be as stress-free as you might imagine it would. But you can see and hear for ...

World’s Smallest Park: 2-Foot Circle in the Middle of a Street

Originally designed to house a lamp post, this unassuming spot in Portland, Oregon, was left empty until a local journalist took it upon himself to declare it a park, naming it Mill Ends after ...

Under 400 SF: New Modular Micro-Apartments for NYC

With New York City's inexorable growth, 1980s legislation barring the creation of 400 square-foot, one-to-two-person apartments has been lifted. And the results are in: award-winning compact ...

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