Build-it-yourself ‘Lego-apartment’

You certainly won’t be disappointed to make the 100-stair climb to Christian Schallert’s “Lego home”. The Barcelona apartment is just 24 square metres (258 square feet), but can be transformed into an infinite number of spaces, depending on his needs.

Formerly a pigeon loft, Schallert says he was inspired to create the living space by the fold-out elements of boats he saw on his childhood vacations, as well as the clean lines of Japanese living. To him, having things tuck into every nook and cranny seemed like an obvious idea.


“At the end of the day,