Antwerp's Narrowest House

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Cool | 09.06.2009 | 16:30

The Front Door to Antwerp's Narrowest House is Easy to Miss

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The narrowest building in Antwerp, Belgium is both a living and work space. With four stories and the front all windows, this house is one-of-a-kind.

On a tiny bit of land, squeezed in between buildings in Antwerp’s former red light district, a house now stands. In a space just 2.4 metres wide, Belgian architects Silvia Mertens and Pieter Peerlings saw an opportunity to develop their idea of a home and the headquarters for their business, sculp(IT). COOL went to check out the ultra-modern building.

(Report: Kerstin Schweighöfer / Sue Cox)