The Smallest Houses in the World (12 photos)

We present to you an original selection of the smallest houses around the world.







The smallest house in Warsaw, Poland, is adjacent to the Church of the Holy Spirit. This tiny classical-style house was built in the late 18th century on a plot of land just a few square meters in size. It now serves as a newspaper stand.





The smallest house in Toronto, Canada, was built in 1912. Like any "normal" house, it has a living room, bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom. However, the total area is only 28 square meters.



In the UK, there is a house of almost the same size, but it has two floors. The first floor contains a bedroom and shower, and the second floor contains a living room and kitchen. The house is designed to accommodate only one person.



The origin of the smallest house in Salzburg, with a façade just one and a half meters wide, is connected to a long-standing romantic story. A girl once agreed to marry her suitor only when he had his own house. The young man was very poor, but clever, and squeezed his house into a space between two existing houses.



Perhaps one of the smallest houses in the world is located in the United States. Its floor area is only 6 square meters. The house also features a kitchen with a refrigerator, a shower, and a sleeping area in the attic. A special trailer platform is included with the house for transportation.



This one-meter-wide and 10-meter-high house was built in Brazil. It has three floors, compactly housing two living rooms, three bedrooms, a kitchen, and a veranda. At the beginning of construction, local authorities considered banning the construction of this house, but later changed their minds.



Amsterdam residents never tire of repeating that this is the smallest house in their city. However, that's not entirely true. The fact is that at the time the building was constructed, the house tax was directly dependent on the width of the façade. So, the enterprising owner built a full-fledged house with a façade of 1 meter 1 cm, which, in reality, is just an entrance.



This high-tech house is located in Tokyo. It is built on a small triangular plot of land.



The ground floor houses a bedroom and bathroom, the second floor houses a living room, a guest room, and a kitchen, and the attic houses a children's room.



The creation of miniature and minimalist houses can be considered one of the innovative trends in modern architecture. For example, in Poland, a room-sized house measuring just 14.5 square meters is being developed. The width of the dwelling varies from 122 to 72 centimeters.



It is expected that such houses could be successfully placed in the voids between existing buildings.