How to make the most of limited urban space is one of the most exciting challenges for designers and architects at the moment - take a look at those clever creatives who have mastered the 'microflat'.
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Here, in this newly renovated Manhattan apartment, Russian architect Peter Kostelov has featured tucked-away furniture and used 'versatility' as his watchword for all the available space. Originally the pint-sized apartment had two bedrooms, a living room, a bathroom and a kitchen, but this layout boxed in each space.
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Instead Kostelov wanted to make the whole apartment more adaptable: the living room can easily be switched around into a dining room, while a working studio turns into a guest bedroom in no time.
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A bed slides out into the bedroom, while a table and two benches on wheels draw out to just over two metres in length into the living room. The narrow kitchen faces a brick wall across a tiled corridor, where wooden shelves fold out to form a breakfast table or extra counter space.
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Kostelov also paid attention to providing brighter living spaces, quieter sleeping areas away from the street, more ventilation in the living room by the large windows.
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