Light walls & moving doors revamp Kyoto small home by Kirsten Dirksen on August 24, 2015 Architects Yoichiro Hayashi and Shogo Sakurai (NAAD) upgraded a rundown 100-year-old Kyoto home by covering it in plywood to create …
Nakagin: 140 plug and play capsules float in metabolist tower by Kirsten Dirksen on August 9, 2015 Resembling clusters of space pods stacked 13 stories tall, the Nakagin Capsule Tower is the world’s first example of capsule …
Yokohama narrow tiny house breathes, attracts local nature by Kirsten Dirksen on July 27, 2015 On a site 3.3 meters wide and 10 meters deep, architect Takeshi Hosaka planned a dream home for himself and …
Japanese-inspired charred wood tiny home in Ohio town by Kirsten Dirksen on April 6, 2015 When Alex Melamed and his wife moved to the traditional brick and mortar town of Yellow Springs, Ohio they built …
Tiny Origami apartment in Manhattan unfolds into 4 rooms by Kirsten Dirksen on November 6, 2011 In 2005, third-grade-teacher Eric Schneider bought an apartment in Manhattan as big as he could afford. He paid $235,000 for …