One of the world’s hottest real estate stories is of New York?architect and designer Graham Hill, who is the founder of TreeHugger.com, an Internet consultancy company. In 2007, he sold his website TreeHugger to the Discovery Channel. He is also the CEO of the minimalist design firm LifeEdited, a company selling small but neatly designed micro apartment. 

Recently he received a lot of attention, as in The New York Times he encouraged readers to change their lifestyle into small living. He described how he changed his life to fit inside a 420-square-foot apartment. In 2011, he gave a popular TED talk, “Less Stuff, More Happiness”, where he mentioned the concept of the LifeEdited apartment. The idea is to live small. He brings this idea into his design and architectural projects. So he plans to develop smart, space-saving apartments and helps people to build smaller, simpler lives.

The LifeEdited team is interested in creating apartment buildings that stress a minimalist lifestyle. Today, many people in the world’s largest cities already live in tiny apartments. “You should be allowed to be a modern city dweller and still care about the environment”, says the 41-year-old Canadian Founder of LifeEdited. 

In his LifeEdited apartment, Graham describes his life today: “My space is well-built, affordable and as functional as living spaces twice the size. As the guy who started TreeHugger.com, I sleep better knowing I’m not using more resources than I need. I have less—and enjoy more. My space is small. My life is big.”