Explore how innovative apartment plans are reshaping urban living in the South Sound with community-centric designs and efficient land use.

In Brooklyn, CC Residence eschews excess in favor of a calming, minimal material palette for a budget-conscious renovation by Plan Plan.

Canaan Modern plans to build Atlas 7, 192 apartments with retail, in East Austin. About 175 of those will be tiny, spanning less than 500 square feet.

The apartments predominantly would be one- and two-bedroom units. The preliminary plans shows a small number of 500-square-foot studios and 1,185-square-foot three-bedroom apartments.

Having rented larger apartments for years, a family wanted to stamp an environmentally friendly mark on their newly bought, smaller Hong Kong home – complete with a balcony for alfresco dining.