There is simply not enough space. Cities are behaving like water balloons filled to bursting point, and prices per square meter are skyrocketing at Formula One speed. The solution? Narrow houses and clever buildings that redefine space. gestalten shows new ideas from resourceful architects and ways of creating a home even from limited space.
Photos: Vertical Living, design
Vertical Living
Compact design and good ideas are required to generate living space from limited space. New buildings are eating their way through cities like parasites, using every nook and cranny, every space and anything that can be waved through as living space. Narrow houses wind their way skywards between thick blocks, with so much cleverness slumbering inside. Time to open the front door and take a look at these architectural marvels, which find a common home in gestalten’s work “Vertical Living”. “Vertical Living. Compact Architecture for Urban Spaces”, design, approx. 40.-