Jun 7, 2012 · The name Eel’s Nest is often given to very narrow lots in Japan, those typically 3 meters or 15 feet in width.

The name Eel’s Nest is often given to very narrow lots in Japan, those typically 5 meters or 15 feet in width. The width of this lot in Echo Park is exactly 15 feet and architect Simon Storey felt it was the perfect site to experiment with compact and efficient urban living.

Jul 19, 2012 · The three-storey house is named Eel's Nest - a reference to the unusually narrow proportions of its plot - and is located in the hilly Echo Park neighbourhood in the north of the city.

Sep 18, 2012 · The Eel’s Nest is a small modern house in Los Angeles, California, built on a steep and tiny lot of 15′ by 52′ (about 4.6 m by 15.8 m). It’s not uncommon to find rowhouses built on similarly-sized lots in some North American cities, but …

Oct 31, 2015 · The name Eel’s Nest is often given to very narrow lots in Japan, those typically 5 meters or 15 feet in width. The width of this lot in Echo Park is exactly 15 feet and architect Simon Storey felt it was the perfect site to experiment with compact and efficient urban living.

Aug 16, 2012 · Simon Storey, principal of Anonymous Architects in Los Angeles, set out to build an affordable modern house with a built-in math puzzle: How to squeeze 960 square feet of living space on a...

Oct 22, 2014 · The uncompromising verticality of architect Simon Storey’s black stucco-clad Echo Park home was his response to an unusually tight site; sandwiched between a concrete stairway and another property, it’s a mere 15 feet wide. Storey calls this house the “Eel’s Nest,” after the narrow urban properties that go by that name in Japan.

Feb 28, 2018 · Known as kyoushou juutaku in Japanese, urban gap housing and even eel's nests, the names are almost as creative as the buildings themselves. One of the trendsetters of the style was Tadao Ando's Row House, which was only 3 m wide and was completed in 1973.

Mar 28, 2012 · We first saw the tall, skinny Eel's Nest last summer, when architect/occupant Simon Storey listed it for $599,000. He's since decided he likes the place too much to part with it and now lives...

May 28, 2012 · Perhaps the perfect case study for this age-old maxim is Simon Storey and Anonymous Architects’ Eel’s Nest in Echo Park. The tall, narrow townhome, located on the corner of a winding street...