25 Apartments and Lofts Under 1000 Square Feet
25 Apartments and Lofts Under 1000 Square Feet

Author: James Grayson Trulove

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2008-08-05

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 0061340200

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Features apartments and lofts that are under 1,000 square feet and highlight contemporary architecture and design innovations. This title showcases a range of styles, from modern to traditional, with an emphasis on open space and materials such as glass, plastic, steel, and stone.

Tiny Houses in the City
Tiny Houses in the City

Author: Mimi Zeiger

Publisher: Rizzoli Publications

Published: 2016-03-15

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 0847848221

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A presentation of micro-scaled contemporary residences that demonstrate domesticity can be both compact and beautiful. How we live in cities—smaller, denser, smarter—is at the heart of Tiny Houses in the City. Urban areas across the globe are experiencing a renaissance, with once-forgotten downtowns and neighborhoods becoming increasingly popular for redevelopment. This book looks at the tiny house movement through the lens of metropolitan life. Tiny Houses in the City features an international collection of more than thirty homes that exemplify compact living at its best. The houses, apartments, and multifamily buildings and developments included make great architecture out of challenging locations and narrow sites. Focusing on dwelling spaces all under 1,000 square feet, Tiny Houses in the City illustrates strategies for building tiny in urban areas that include urban infill, adaptive reuse, transforming and flexible living spaces, and micro-unit buildings. The projects range from a 344-square-foot studio apartment in Hong Kong with movable walls, transformable furniture, and hidden storage that can be configured into twenty-four unique scenarios in a single space, to a townhouse-like London residence built in an old alley between two stately homes. Many of the residences chronicled in Tiny Houses in the City are indeed unique in design, but their economical size and ingenious interior spaces are the epitome of practicality and illustrate an acute understanding of compact living and its potential for the urban realm.

Someplace Like America
Someplace Like America

Author: Dale Maharidge

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2013-05-14

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0520274512

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"Updated edition with a new preface and afterword"--Cover.

New Small Homes
New Small Homes

Author: Mario Catelli

Publisher: Harpercollins

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 9780060185879

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New Small Homes presents a selection of apartments, single-family homes, lofts, bungalows and cabins that are limited in size, but strategically designed to create a spacious environment out of a small area. The projects all occupy less than 1,000 square feet, and reflect the creativity and original designs of contemporary architects who demonstrate uncommon mastery and expertise. The homes were chosen because they provide practical solutions to the problems that accompany a lack of space. Examples include the design of partition walls on wheels that enable the space to be distributed in various ways, the positioning of folding tables, the use of the vertical dimension for lofts, and the creation of shelves and armoires in awkward corners. Such useful and functional tactics are summarized at the end of each chapter and in the descriptive text that accompanies each project. Following an extensive illustrated introduction, the book presents more than 20 homes from all parts of the world. Each project is covered in four to eight pages preceded by a descriptive text specifying the objectives of the clients and designers, as well as the aesthetic aspects.This is followed by full-color photographs, plans and sketches that pictorially describe every corner of the house. The last page of each chapter examines the architectural expression and the brilliant, practical solutions that make the home a unique, imaginative project. The book is an essential guide for design professionals and those who want to learn ingenious tricks for getting the most out of a small space.