A competition called Small Lots, Big Impacts was created by CityLab-UCLA and the city of Los Angeles to develop innovative ...

The entrance to the lot is down an alley behind a popular ... The irony, he said, is that opponents feared the tall, small house would stand out, but in fact it isn’t visible from the street.

But activists who have protested some of the tall, modern homes that tower over ... Smart Growth Seattle organized a tour of small-lot homes for O’Brien and city staff in April.

One of the most challenging design features today is home lot sizes shrinking to ... Mexican orchid tree: This shrub or small tree will get from 10 to 18 feet tall and as wide.

The City of Plainfield broke ground on an initiative to convert underutilized city-owned properties into affordable housing ...

Donavan and Abby DeGrie love their new house ... a lot of first-time buyers looking for homes right now, said Vivian Armstrong, a Realtor with Re/Max Elite. Homes like the DeGries’ tall ...

Small-lot developments have long been plagued by complexity: how to box together single-family homes on tight, row house-style parcels while maintaining privacy. Who wants to watch a neighbor ...

Small residential lots have advantages ... is listed at $300,000. The two-story house, built in 2015 on a 871-square-foot lot, has nine-foot-tall ceilings, two bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms and 1,044 ...

They continue to pop up throughout Nashville: two tall, narrow homes in the place of an older, now demolished, one-story home. Many neighbors wonder if there are any restrictions on developers ...

Developer Harvey Yancey of H2 Design Build turned to architect Makeba Gaines-Kelly to design a spacious contemporary home on the small lot. The boxy house is a departure from the traditional ...

Now he wants to build small homes, or “wise-size homes” that would be 1,000 square feet or smaller, not including the garage, with one bedroom and one bathroom, built on smaller lots and ...

In San Pedro, Mesa Properties is also planning a small lot complex with 22 homes. Small-lot projects are also underway in Elysian Valley, Sunland-Tujunga, and Woodland Hills.