A new development in Toronto’s design district, scheduled for completion in 2012, allows people to buy units that can be combined or divided in any number of ways, to suit “any style and phase of life”.

The tiny house movement is gathering momentum, primarily in the US, but also throughout the world as consumers start to trade-down their homes for significantly smaller, more portable houses.

About 40% of Hamburg's 1.8 million residents don’t own a car, so IKEA has introduced its first ‘citystore’ – an urban little sister to its sprawling, out-of-town counterparts. It’s already more popular than any other German branch, but who is this inner-city store attracting?

IKEA's Sukima Gallery is a series of installations that squeeze the company's products into the nooks and crannies of Tokyo's Harajuku Street. The project aims to get residents thinking about how to make use of limited space.