We live in the era of tiny homes and micro-apartments, a global trend that’s only growing in urban areas as we all search for affordable housing. In turn, the American kitchen as we know it is poised ...

Now, GE has announced official plans to start manufacturing micro kitchens through FirstBuild by the fourth quarter of this year. Aiming for the increasing number of millennials and baby boomers that ...

Beyond the notion of a tiny apartment, the concept asks designers and developers to dive deep into what turns a space into a home. Twenty years ago, the idea of a micro unit probably wouldn’t have ...

Los Angeles is usually a leader in housing innovation, but when it comes to welcoming “micro-units,” the country’s second largest city trails behind cities such as Seattle, San Francisco and New York.

A stable and connected future for young people could lie in an extremely small-scale intervention. French2D’s first micro-housing project in Boston, 1047 Commonwealth, was completed in 2016. It was ...

Developer Russell Berusch is standing in about 460 square feet, describing how this Cleveland apartment contains seven rooms. A rotating wall, on hinges and large rubber wheels, separates the kitchen ...

Micro Luxury: Olympic Lofts in Santa Monica measure 400 square feet. Micro-units, those shoebox-sized apartments that have long been part of New York’s rental market, are making their way to L.A. And ...

Developers are always looking to maximize the price per square foot of each apartment unit to strengthen their multifamily investment. This is one of the reasons why micro units are so appealing to ...