Dusky Parakeet is a one-bedroom modern houseboat designed by 31/44 Architects. It has been decorated with a calm, natural palette, perfectly suited to its watery surroundings. It is the sort of comfort and quality that you would expect from a high-end apartment. Finishes, door hinges, appliances,...

Aptly named Boneca Apartment (doll’s house in Portuguese) by the client, designed by architect Brad Swartz – this 24 square meter Sydney apartment has a sense of luxury and refinement way beyond its size. Realigning the bathroom and kitchen created a long living and dining zone, and a screened sl...

Unique among 18 other 1960's walk-up apartments, Nicholas Gurney extensively reworked The Warren as a seamless space, drawing the eye deeper into the apartment. Removing the previous partitioning walls allowed all of the 49m2 space's necessities to be framed within a joinery concealed kitchen, an...

Architect Jean Graham from Winter Architecture together with the client and their carpenter designed a unique space designed for a family of four. The Compartment Apartment divides and arranges the 45m2 space to allow every family member a sense of privacy. Scandinavian style interior fittings us...

Architects and interior designers PMDL Architecture + Design have recently completed a renovation of a 1960s five storey walk-up building on one of Hong Kong Island’s busiest thoroughfares. The building consists of five apartments above retail at ground level. Each apartment, with an area of 25m2...

Treehouse offers a bespoke split-level design strategy with a touch of arboreal whimsy. Box-loft sleeping area is clad in natural pine and seems to float like a tree house with a strip of window glazing look out at the forest. Architect Nelson Chow created a unique, playful sense of space that ma...

OPod Tube House is an experimental, low cost, micro living housing unit to ease Hong Kong’s affordable housing problems. Constructed out of low cost and readily available 2.5m diameter concrete water pipe, the design ultilizes the strong concrete structure to house a mirco-living apartment for o...

Originally a 22m2 art deco apartment, Nanopad was redesigned to showcase it's unique features and better take advantage of it's shape. Floating and compartmentalised storage opened up previously closed in spaces, allowing the addition of a kitchen, and an extended battened bathroom. While still m...

Tara was designed around large fluid spaces and compartmentalised, functional storage and furniture. White surfaces and metal cladding reflect and diffuse light inside the 30m2 space, allowing light to open up the bathroom and kitchen despite having few windows. Everything fits neatly together, a...

In the heart of London's East End, Danish designer Nina Tolstrup converted a 40m2 carpenter workshop into a hideaway for more than just herself. Constructing enclosed sleeping pods and filling the home with bursts of colour and upcycled furniture, in a perfect example of mini living she created a...

Yardstix takes advantage of underutilised space to bring functional architecture to backyards. Drawing character from the Queensland radiata pine, and framing the necessities within the walls themselves, Nicholas Gurney's 20m2 secondary dwellings provide green, economic, self-contained living spa...

Limited by it's heritage status, Architect Brad Swartz designed this 27m2 space to accommodate vast amounts of internal storage. Simple panels allow light and air flow, opening the home up to city views. Hidden spaces and sliding walls creating a sense of luxury in a small space.

A hotel-home hybrid created by an architect and graphic designer. Nestled amongst other unremarkable units Itinerant blends together it's multicultural surrounds. Designed by Timothy Yee the apartment is a minimal yet luxe hideaway, consistent throughout it's 29sqm space.

Architect Jack Chen subtly altered his 1970's, 35m2 one bedroom apartment to create an intricately designed space, interchangeable between office and home.

Inspired by the Japanese 5S organisational method, architect Nicholas Gurney created a streamlined, minimalist 24m2 home. Neatly divided by a moving screens and a split wet and dry kitchen. Everything has a place in hidden storage including the portable cooktop and dining table, intended to never...

Apartment 6 comes with high ceiling, architect Cameron Neil saw the opportunity to insert a hybrid pod which incorporating kitchen, bathroom, dining area and a loft bedroom to maximise the 40m2 space.

Douglas Wan turned his 28sqm micro studio apartment into series of small spaces, creating contrast and depth by smoothly varying heights and materials.

Architect Ben Edwards created a 44m2 boomerang-shaped house using 3 shipping containers connected by an external deck on steel stilts which sit on top of a hillside. Internally the spaces are lined with marine plywood, the minimalist design is all about framing the view through the trees towards...

Complimenting a clients existing home, and using durable, hard wearing materials suited to the coastal lifestyle. Architect Rob Ashby designed a self-contained 60m2 studio as a retreat for visiting friends and family.

Jan van Schaik is the architect for Shacky, a project that breathes life into regional communities with small living. The self-sustaining, intimate design brings comfort to Victoria's High Country while benefitting the farmers who partner with them. www.mvsarchitects.com.au www.shacky.co