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In a state that prides itself on an everything-is-bigger-here mantra, how are such tiny homes being received?
Houston Matters producer Paige Phelps asks three design-savvy guests: Allyn West of Rice Design Alliance, Jeffrey Brown, founding partner and design principal of Powers Brown Architecture, and Mark Schatz, one half of M + A Architecture, who built a small home with his wife that he says garnered a lot of attention.
(Above: A tiny home built in Houston by architect Mark Schatz for his family of four is 980 square feet. Images courtesy: M + A Architecture)
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