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Price of a flat-pack home for landless people living in Bangladesh’s river deltas who are frequently forced to move to escape flooding, René Ammann

Size of a "three–tatami flat" in a nihonma, a home in a Japanese city with a rent of $340 to $630 (€345 to €645) per month: 95 square feet (8.8 m2) René Ammann

Number of city-center two-bedroom flats one could buy in Egypt for the price of one city-center two-bedroom flat in Hong Kong: 52 René Ammann

Klapster is a space-saving auxiliary staircase that folds up neatly against the wall when not in use. Designed by Frankfurt's raumvonwert, the modular system is ideal for city dwellers living in small spaces.  John Hill

Scandinavia is seen as a pioneer for good work culture. Flat hierarchies, a strong team philosophy, and family life considerations are taken for granted, and statistics repeatedly ascribe workers from the Nordic countries higher productivity with less stress. With "work away from work,"... ERCO

The city of Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian province, and home to more than six million inhabitants. It has a humid subtropical climate and is also susceptible to typhoons in summer or early autumn. In the northeast of the city, on the Huangqi Peninsula, there is an area of dense urban... Eduard Kögel

In the Garonne river port, Bassins à flot, Bordeaux. As though washed up here by nearby waters, rises the hulk of the World War II submarine base. Mateo Arquitectura

De Flat Kleiburg in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is one of five finalists for the 2017 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. The winner will be announced in Brussels on May 12th. UPDATE: De Flat Kleiburg has won the 2017 EU Mies Award; NL Architects, XVW Architectuur

Produced by Kaufman & Broad and located at the level of the Bassins à Flots in Bordeaux, the project is part of an urban development plan drawn up by ANMA (Agence Nicolas Michelin). The program totals 145 rooms and combines a series of 9 duplex townhouses. Gardera-D Architecture

The winner of the ninth annual award hosted by London's Design Museum is a flat-packed emergency shelter developed in part by the IKEA Foundation and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). John Hill

Implanted on a large agricultural estate, the house is built in the middle of the property’s vineyard on an almost flat terrain adjacent to a cork oak forest. blaanc

The commission: a flat for a couple with two children. The place : last floor of a Hausmanian building; ancient servant’s bedrooms already transformed into a flat. h2o architectes

The use of hot springs for wellbeing and medical care is an age-old practise in China. The new Ruff Well Water Resort designed by Shanghai-based architects AIM is an outstanding example of how that practise is reflected in contemporary society, particularly in new facilities for the urban...

Los Angeles-based artist Samara Golden's installation at MoMA PS1 consists of architectural and household objects modeled with reflective and metallic surfaces, provoking museumgoers to explore what she calls "the sixth dimension." John Hill

The Netherlands is relatively flat. A site with a height difference of 6 meters thus provides unique possibilities. HILBERINKBOSCH architects was asked to fully exploit the qualities of the plot, while designing a luxurious villa. HILBERINKBOSCH architecten

A senior housing project in Düren, Germany, designed by JSWD Architects shows a rippling alternative to flat metal panels, courtesy of Fielitz GmbH's "Water Wave Vision" product. John Hill, Thomas Geuder

The Great Plains stretch from Texas to Canada in the swath east of the Mississippi and west of the Rockly Mountains. North Dakota lies at the northern U.S. edge of this flat expanse of prairie, grassland, and farms. This house for an art collector in Fargo finds inspiration in the farmstead...

In 2009 the first section of the High Line's transformation from a railway viaduct to an elevated park opened to the public, followed two years later by the second section north of 23rd Street. This 21st century park that threads its way through and alongside old industrial buildings has...