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Urban Cabin by MINI Living and Penda takes cues from Beijing’s hutong homes

October 31, 2018 Ben Hobson 0

In our latest Dezeen x MINI Living movie, Oke Hauser and Corinna Natter of MINI Living and Penda co-founder Dayong Sun explain how the micro home they built in Beijing references the city’s hutong neighbourhoods. Penda designed the tiny structure with MINI Living, as one of 10 conceptual homes that went on show for the China House Vision

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Dezeen and MINI Living launch £10,000 contest to design a home for 100 years in the future

July 16, 2018 Ben Hobson 0

How will we live in cities in 100 years’ time? To find out, Dezeen has teamed up with MINI Living to invite readers to design an urban home of the future, with £10,000 to be won. The Future Urban Home Competition is an extension of the ongoing Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative, a collaboration between Dezeen

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MINI Living and Studiomama’s Milan installation allowed “everyone to become an architect”

May 9, 2018 Ben Hobson 0

In our latest Dezeen x MINI Living movie, architect Oke Hauser and designer Nina Tolstrup explain how MINI’s Milan design week installation let visitors design their own micro homes. Called MINI Living – Built by All, the show at Via Tortona showcased a conceptual modular system for creating tiny customisable living spaces. Split between two former warehouses,

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MINI Living and Studiomama create colourful capsule homes for Milan installation

April 20, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

MINI has teamed up with London architecture firm Studiomama to build a series of tiny, pastel-toned living spaces, each designed to suit a different character. Installed inside a former factory for Milan design week, MINI Living – Built By All comprises four compact living spaces that are all tailored towards different lifestyles. The aim is to show

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Parasitic extensions to Paris apartment building could reduce energy consumption

March 14, 2018 Calum Lindsay 0

Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video features a proposal by Malka Architecture to improve the energy efficiency of a Parisian apartment building, by attaching boxy, parasitic extensions to its exterior. Titled Plug-in City 75, the proposal would see parasitic cubes mounted onto the facade of a building in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, extending the floor plates

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MINI’s co-living destination in Shanghai “brings know-how from vehicles into places where we live”

November 23, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Car brand MINI is diversifying into urban development with the MINI Living building in Shanghai, which will see a disused industrial complex transform into apartments, offices and leisure spaces. The announcement of the MINI Living building marks the latest stage in MINI’s evolution from a dedicated automobile manufacturer into a multifaceted lifestyle brand, with a focus

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Bureau V’s MINI Living Urban Cabin aims to “start a conversation about immigration”

November 15, 2017 Ben Hobson 0

New York architect Peter Zuspan explains how his studio Bureau V’s colourful additions to the MINI Living Urban Cabin in New York reflect the city’s large immigrant population in our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video. Created as a model for a tiny living space, the MINI Living Urban Cabin is a travelling installation designed

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