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

Faced by a number of underused infill lots, the City of Los Angeles paired up with a local think tank to find affordable home ...

In a new competition, hundreds of architects created a vision for homeownership on small lots—without single-family houses or typical apartment buildings. It’s incredibly hard to find a starter home ...

Others are building both small ADU-type units and full-size single ... set out to apply their design and manufacturing expertise to the California housing shortage. “We started with the idea ...

The MICROHOME configuration, a compact 25 m² unit, includes four main areas: a small storage room ... parking lots into affordable housing. The design uses recycled materials from cars and ...

Los Angeles has partnered with cityLAB and LA4LA, a public-private program, on an initiative that includes a design competition for architects ... structures while reducing the cost of the housing ...

A new proposal to address the housing crisis would convert empty ... be shared with others on the same floor. The idea for small private units within communal spaces isn’t new: single-room ...