Here's how a mother and her adult son live comfortably in a 500-square-foot apartment. Such shifts could happen on a small scale as well. In Tokyo, Japan, one son decided to move back into his ...

House Calls; In 300 square feet ... which emphasizes simplicity over clever design tricks—that way, ... "The one thing I knew was that I didn't want it to be one of those convertible apartments." ...

Sliding walls, concealed storage and a fold-down bed transform the living and dining area into a separate bedroom and smaller living space. The Herald Sun road-tested Australia’s first ...

That's because in Passive House design, every jog and bump adds surface area and can be a thermal bridge or a source of air leakage, so Passive House buildings want to be boxy.