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Photo of a modular cabinet system around a carpet at KBIS

Michael K. Chen takes the future to task at KBIS

February 3, 2020

A large squat blocky building with a

Former Art Institute of Colorado building to be transformed into micro-unit housing

October 17, 2019

Vermont’s Mormon future city called off after preservationists sound the alarm

June 28, 2018

(Courtesy Elkus Manfredi Architects)

The co-living, micro-unit trend expands to Boston in a big way

November 29, 2017

Are micro-apartments a revolutionary trend? Or are developers exploiting an out-of-control market?

September 28, 2016

MIT’s Media Lab produces robotic modular furniture for living in tight spaces

July 19, 2016

(Courtesy Ben Jacobsen / NCA)

Right on trend, the oldest mall in America is reborn as micro-apartments

February 8, 2016

The scaffolding comes off Carmel Place, New York’s first modular micro-apartment building

January 28, 2016

Prefab concrete bathroom pods at a factory in Poland. The high cost of manufacturing in New York is driving away many modular construction firms. (seier+seier / Flickr)

It’s now too expensive to build local for New York’s modular construction industry

January 21, 2016

New York City’s first micro-unit housing complex stacks up in just one month

June 29, 2015

Piece by piece, Watch as New York City’s first micro-unit housing complex by nArchitects takes shape

June 3, 2015

As New York City builds its first micro-units, Portlandia expertly mocks the trend

February 26, 2015