内容简介
Apresentationofmicro-scaledcontemporaryresidencesthatdemonstratedomesticitycanbebothcompactandbeautiful.Howweliveincities—smaller，denser，smarter—isattheheartofTinyHousesintheCity.Urbanareasacrosstheglobeareexperiencingarenaissance，withonce-forgottendowntownsandneighborhoodsbecomingincreasinglypopularforredevelopment.Thisbooklooksatthetinyhousemovementthroughthelensofmetropolitanlife.TinyHousesintheCityfeaturesaninternationalcollectionofmorethanthirtyhomesthatexemplifycompactlivingatitsbest.Thehouses，apartments，andmultifamilybuildingsanddevelopmentsincludedmakegreatarchitectureoutofchallenginglocationsandnarrowsites.Focusingondwellingspacesallunder1，000squarefeet，TinyHousesintheCityillustratesstrategiesforbuildingtinyinurbanareasthatincludeurbaninfill，adaptivereuse，transformingandflexiblelivingspaces，andmicro-unitbuildings.Theprojectsrangefroma344-square-footstudioapartmentinHongKongwithmovablewalls，transformablefurniture，andhiddenstoragethatcanbeconfiguredintotwenty-fouruniquescenariosinasinglespace，toatownhouse-likeLondonresidencebuiltinanoldalleybetweentwostatelyhomes.ManyoftheresidenceschronicledinTinyHousesintheCityareindeeduniqueindesign，buttheireconomicalsizeandingeniousinteriorspacesaretheepitomeofpracticalityandillustrateanacuteunderstandingofcompactlivinganditspotentialfortheurbanrealm.
作者简介
MimiZeigerisajournalistandcritic.SheistheWestCoasteditorofTheArchitect’sNewspaperandhaswrittenforseveralpublicationsincludingTheNewYorkTimes,Domus,Dwell,andArchitect.SheistheauthorofNewMuseums,TinyHouses,andMicroGreen:TinyHousesinNature.,,