[ENC098] The incredible shrinking houses

****** The incredible shrinking houses: The average new British home is now just 925 square feet – barely HALF the size they were in the 1920s ****** Millions of Britons are living in ‘rabbit hutch’ family homes that have halved in size since the 1920s, it was revealed today. The average semi-detached house now has … Read more [ENC098] The incredible shrinking houses

[ENC097] Carnival Urbanism

****** The Company: Carnival Urbanism for Shrinking Cities ****** THE COMPANY is a framework of urban intervention that seeks to stabilize shrinking neighborhoods through a large number of small-scale, temporary occupations of vacated buildings. Its process of quickly phasing in architecture and program over time, through testing and experimentation, is preferable to the slow, top-down … Read more [ENC097] Carnival Urbanism

[ENC096] Cracking the Code: Guide for Tiny Houses

****** Cracking the Building Code on Tiny Houses with Ryan Mitchell ****** This guide to building codes & zoning for tiny houses is designed to help you logically navigate all the red tape when it comes to housing. It helps you quickly familiarize yourself with some of the key bureaucratic road blocks, suggest possible pathways … Read more [ENC096] Cracking the Code: Guide for Tiny Houses

[ENC095] Apartamentos que encogen de Tamaño

****** Apartment sizes shrink as prices soar ****** Europeans have been living in apartments for centuries, but the idea of apartment living didn’t really take off in Australia until the mid to late 1990s. Since then, the idea of a low maintenance home, close to amenities, has taken hold. Melbourne and Sydney have embraced apartment … Read more [ENC095] Apartamentos que encogen de Tamaño