Designing the interior of an apartment when you have very little space to work with is certainly a challenge. We all know that a home should be as comfortable as possible for its inhabitants, but when we have only a few square meters to work with and the essential functions of the home to distribute, finding an efficient layout is not easy. Following our popular selection of houses under 100 square meters, we've gone one better: a selection of 30 floor plans between 20 and 50 square meters to inspire you in your own spatially-challenged designs.
Apartments From 20 to 29 Square Meters
Batipin Flat / studioWOK
El Camarin / IR arquitectura
29m2 / 3XA
22m2 Apartment in Taiwan / A Little Design
Biombombastic / elii
Darlinghurst Apartment / Brad Swartz Architect
Montmartre Apartment / SWAN Architectes
Apartments From 30 to 39 Square Meters
Riviera Cabin / llabb
Yojigen Poketto / elii
35m2 Flat / Studio Bazi
Small and Sculpted Studio Apartment / Catseye Bay Design
.A Guy, his Bulldog, a Vegetable Garden, and the Home they Share / HUSOS
30m2 Flat in Paris / Richard Guilbault
Apartment 37 / Atelier Mearc
Cazo Apartment / Estúdio BRA
HB6B / Karin Matz
Apartment in Paris / UBALT
BB 501 / JAM
Apartments From 40 to 49 Square Meters
Tsukiji Room H / Yuichi Yoshida & associates
Apartamento X / KC Design Studio
Xchange Apartments / TANK
Apartment In Vilnius Old Town / Interjero Architektūra
Gorki / Ruetemple
Raval Hideout / Eva Cotman
END THE ROC / nook architects
Bazillion / YCL Studio
Bath Kitchen House / Takeshi Shikauchi
Water Rhythm / Beige Design
Apartment Filippo / Studio Alexander Fehre
Block Village / HAO Design
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on January 20, 2019, and updated on January 21, 2021.