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Small spaces can be a fun nut for designers to crack — whether it’s the variety of ideas they might come up with to tackle the issue of storage or where to put the bed. In Madrid, Elii Architects came up with a number of creative solutions to address the …

Smaller apartments are a common thing in many older European cities, where the urban fabric is denser and built not just for the dominance of car traffic, as they are in most North American cities. In Paris’ 10th arrondissement, Batiik Studio updated this small, 118-square-foot apartment into a little jewel …

Smaller, more efficient urban living spaces are becoming a bit of a necessity as housing prices rise. But living small doesn’t mean you have to feel like you are inhabiting a shoebox, or give up on friends and family being able to visit. London-based studio CIAO did this creative redesign …

Smaller apartments in big urban centres are gaining traction, thanks to rising real estate prices and more people moving into the cities, drawn by opportunities not available elsewhere. While building smaller living spaces won’t do much to tackle the underlying causes behind the lack of affordable housing, they seem to …