Many architects might balk at the prospect of building a home on a 20-foot-wide lot. But every so often, a strong-of-heart (also known as foolhardy) architect accepts such a challenge, and when they do, a funny thing happens. The problem begins to activate the creative process, enriching it, making it unique, and ultimately provoking a solution far more thoughtful than the average home design.

We’ve rounded up a few beautiful (very thin) solutions below – also check out our past coverage of microhomes.

Nest in Antwerp, Belgium, by CSD Architecten.

Sliver House in London by Boyarsky Murphy Architects

Stay, in Shinagawa, Japan, by StudioLOOP.

Home in Tokyo by F.O.B.A (Katsu Umebayashi with Kazuo Kobayashi). Image (c) carlo.fumarola.

The Townhouse in Landskrona, Sweden, by Elding Oscarson.

Jun Aoki’s C House. Images (c) Jun Aoki.

The Shadow House by Atelier Tekuto.

A home built by Shuhei Endo Architects in Shioya Tarumi-ku Kobe, Japan.

OH HOUSE, Atelier Tekuto (Yasuhiro Yamashita). Image via.

by Marc Kushner

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