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Edited Housing Guide: A Look at 4 Compact Housing Developments in North America
While building small is big in many places around the world, it’s still pretty novel in North America. Our abundance of space and affection for cars have made our architectural disposition similar to a...
View ArticleMicro-Apartments Stir Not-so-Micro Controversy in Seattle
Lest we think all micro-apartments are high-end, high-tech, highfalutin, transforming thingamabobs, one should go to Seattle to see another, decidedly modest and analogue take on tiny living. That city...
View ArticleSeattle’s Micro Apartment War
Add micro apartments to wind turbines and public bike stations to things people don’t want in their backyards. Seattle’s micro-apartment controversy continues as news headlines and this letter we...
View ArticleWhat is a Micro Apartment?
Amidst its turmoil, the City of Seattle has drafted a proposal for establishing citywide micro-apartment (aka “micro-unit” and “micro-housing”) regulations. The good news is that “DPD [Dept. of...
View ArticleSmall Rooms Lead to Big Row
Apparently, strong coffee and grey skies aren’t the only commonality between Seattle and Portland. Like its northern neighbor, Portland has jumped on the micro-apartment bandwagon. More specifically,...
View ArticleWhat It’s Like to Live Near a Micro-Apartment Building
Much of the controversy surrounding the addition of micro-apartments in Seattle involved what might happen should the micro-apartment dwellers move into neighborhoods that had theretofore been the...
View ArticleOops! We Just Destroyed Affordable Market-Rate Housing. Our Bad.
This site has long followed Seattle’s ongoing micro-apartment saga. Here’s a somewhat quick summary: for the last several years, Seattle developers had been fast and furiously building low to medium...
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