Almost completely submerged underground, this once dark and congested storage space was gutted by SOUTH architecture and transformed into a bright, comfortable and fully equipped studio apartment.

And it's almost a rite of passage to live in a tiny apartment ... expert advice on all of our small-space renter woes — and also turned a few of our former design ideas upside down.

The son brought in local architect Kumiko Ouchi of Small Design Studio to remodel the 40-year-old apartment into a functional place that both mother and son could call home. In this short tour ...

Gone are the days when describing someone’s crib as “cozy” was code for “unbearably small.” Luckily for lots of us, cozy and compact living is in style, and beyond the know-how to pare down your stuff ...

how beautiful and clean his designs are. Both the apartments that I lived in and renovated previous to this one are small apartments. We introduce oftentimes components that are moving.