15 Skinny Homes That Make the Most of Narrow Lots
These houses pack a lot of personality into tight spaces.
These slender houses pack a lot of personality into tight spaces.
While the most common reason to build upward is a compressed lot, some tall and slender houses—otherwise known as skinny homes—are designed to take advantage of impressive views, or to counter sites that are steep or sloping. Here, we’ve rounded up a number of super skinny houses that still manage to feel quite spacious.
An Architect’s Home Squeezes Into a Tiny Lot in Seoul
Architect Minwook Choi’s Seroro House, which means "vertical" in Korean, comprises five compact stories that rise from a 355-square-foot lot in Seoul, South Korea. "The site had been abandoned for a long time," says Minwook of Smaller Architects. "People thought the land was too small to construct anything, and so the price had become reasonable."
Photo by Byun Jongseok
Clad in white acrylic stucco, the slender structure features windows on the southern and western facades, which opens the home to the lush hillside.
Photo by Byun Jongseok
Architect Ana Rocha designed the 538-square-foot Micro House Slim Fit to slot into tight lots in cities throughout the Netherlands. "Micro House Slim Fit’s footprint is 172 square feet, allowing the house to fit almost everywhere in the city—even between cars," says the architect.
Photo by Christiane Wirth
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