The days of the big, gas-guzzling coffee table are over, and in solidarity, Mimi Zeiger released her Rizzoli architecture book, Tiny Houses, in a petite 7x7 inches. It chronicles a trend that is at once socially conscious, environmentally responsible, and largely adorable: the downsizing of the single-family house, sometimes to square footages typically found atop a vehicle chassis. In today’s times, no longer should we lose our breath walking to the kitchen, just as we shouldn’t die trying to finish an order of fries. Pretty and affordable is the new ugly and sickening. As the founder and editor of Loud Paper magazine, Zeiger is devoted to covering the way young, progressive architects think. With Tiny Houses, she features thirty homes, all under 1,000 feet, where everything has its place (and some things, like the living room and shower of one delicate abode, just one place). They respect the environment. They respect feng shui. They don’t respect your media wall.
Wed., April 8, 6 p.m., 2009
