This style of living is certainly not for everyone but it does examine our preconceptions of what constitutes a ‘house’. With the tiny home trend, repurposing of shipping containers and rise of ‘van life’, houses are taking on increasingly varied forms and designs. Following the success of this 13-floor puzzle house, what might the future hold for residential architecture?

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Could you live in Japan’s zero-privacy entirely open-plan puzzle house?