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An Architect’s Award-Winning Apartment With Ingenious Small-Space Solutions

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An Architect’s Award-Winning Apartment With Ingenious Small-Space Solutions

We love when we come across a project where the architect is also the client. Architects’ homes tend to be full of design ingenuity, and Jack Chen’s apartment in Richmond, Australia, a suburb just outside of Melbourne, is no different. Chen’s rather remarkable home is all of 377-square-feet, yet, through multipurpose furniture, hidden storage, and disappearing built-ins, he’s able to fit everything he needs into the tiny apartment—including a bedroom, an office nook, a dining table, and a hardworking kitchen. “I have always been interested in small apartment designs. It is quite popular in other countries, but in Australia the...

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