Micro-Housing in the Big Apple

My new essay on Artsjournal.com --- "Roomers: Micro-Housing in the Big Apple." Could you live in 300 square feet? It's likely your children will have to.

On artsjournal.com: http://tinyurl.com/ak84t6e

Micro-Apts in Malls?

Providence RI Arcade (1828), first U.S. indoor shopping mall, will now sport micro-apartments. Will mega-malls and Tanger outlets follow suit? Some already have hotel rooms for exhausted shoppers.


Details at inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/alyswm9

Swedish Slumming at the Homeless Hotel

Swedish Slumming--- you can book different outdoor sites at "the homeless hotel" website and experience homelessness for yourself. Money goes to charity. I don't know what to make of this. Is it condescending? 

Story & px at designboom> http://tinyurl.com/amozax7

Russian Opera House Uproar!

Russian Opera House Uproar! Dominique Perrault plan rejected --- cost overruns, did not conform to building codes, sour cream soil. Public demand demolition of Diamond Schmitt substitute as too ugly. Perrault is at top. Diamond below. 

Via ajarts> http://tinyurl.com/bakvrrt

Tokyo Office/Home

"BASE" --- your Tokyo home and office. Live above your work; ladders for stairs; hanging clothes instead of closet. Skylights. Yes!

Details at leibal> http://tinyurl.com/a4nfwu9

Shipping Container Greenhouse

Urban shipping-container greenhouse. We love greenhouses and we love the proportions of shipping containers.


Details at designboom> http://tinyurl.com/a45wqvf

Desk Bed for Your Office

For 21st Century living spaces. For 21st Century work loads. Desk bed! Well, it's better than commuting.

Txt & pix at inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/d96koh2