New York's "micro-units" housing competition winners announced
News: plans for an apartment block of stackable modules have won a design competition for "micro-units" to help solve the shortage of small homes in Manhattan (+ slideshow). More
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San Francisco city chiefs vote to allow 20-square-metre "micro apartments"
News: San Francisco city chiefs have voted to allow the development of "micro apartments" as small as 20 square metres in an attempt to alleviate the housing shortage in the US city. More
Bao House by dot Architects
This mobile home by Chinese studio dot Architects consists of a quilted cube attached to the back of a tricycle. More
RV Prototype (RV = Room Vehicle) by Greg Lynn
Interieur 2012: American architect and designer Greg Lynn has created a prototype for a motorised compact-living cocoon that rotates to provide space for relaxing, sleeping and bathing (+ movie). More
Pop-up housing in garages by Levitt Bernstein
Hackney studio Levitt Bernstein has won a housing design competition with a proposal to turn disused parking garages into tiny pop-up homes. More
Hut on Sleds by Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects
As the tides erode the northern coast of New Zealand, this house on a sled by architects Crosson Clarke Carnachan can be towed off the beach and out of harm's way (+ slideshow). More
New York seeks "micro-units" to solve housing shortage
Dezeen Wire: New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has launched a competition to design "micro-units" to help solve the shortage of of small apartments in Manhattan. More
Micro Compact Home 016 by Richard Horden
It took just four minutes and nine seconds to install this prefabricated guest house designed by British architect Richard Horden on a site overlooking Lake Maggiore in Switzerland (+ movie). More
New Refuge Gervasutti by LEAPfactory
Climbers in the Alps can now spend their nights sleeping in a tube that cantilevers over the edge of a mountain. More
Garden Shed by Ville Hara and Linda Bergroth
Imagine waking up in a glass bedroom by the waterside on a remote Finnish island. More
Feral House Nichoir by Matali Crasset
A diamond-shaped cabin on legs is the first of four woodland hotel rooms to be completed by French designer Matali Crasset. More
Paddling Home by Kacey Wong
Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong has created a tiny floating house as part of the Hong Kong & Shenzhen bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture. More
Flake House by OLGGA Architects
Flake House is a two-piece, transportable log cabin by French architects OLGGA. More
Paco by Jo Nagasaka + Schemata Architecture Office
Japanese architects Jo Nagasaka and Schemata Architecture Office have designed a house contained in a three metre cube. More
Mini House by Jonas Wagell
Swedish designer Jonas Wagell presented Mini House, a 15 square metre house that can be built in a weekend, at 100% Design in London earlier this month. More
Pallet House by I-Beam
Architects I-Beam Design constructed a house for refugees made from wooden shipping pallets in a New York warehouse last month. More