This 500-square-foot rental apartment in Biddeford, Maine, was a “completely blank slate” when Emily Ambrose began renting it two years ago. “It had been beautifully rehabbed, retrofitted, and ...

Emily Goodling is a professor who teaches literature and language and says she wanted “books to be at the aesthetic and intellectual center” of her home, which for the past three years has been this ...

No, it’s not your eyes. New apartments are shrinking across the Triangle as compact living becomes the new normal. In Raleigh, the average new apartment was 935 square feet in 2024 — a 25-square-foot ...

Interior designer Julya Grundberg shows off a fully furnished 325-square-foot studio apartment during an exhibit displaying a transformable "micro-unit" at the Museum of the City of New York January ...

Gen Z renters are helping turn micro-housing from a niche trend into a mainstream urban solution. By prioritizing location and affordability over square footage, they are increasingly opting for ...