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Climbing Wall Dorm. Sliding doors: The amazing Hong Kong apartment that can transform into 24 different rooms. By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 14:56 GMT, 10 May 2011 A Hong Kong man has found an ingenious solution to cramped city life.

Sliding doors: The amazing Hong Kong apartment that can transform into 24 different rooms

Gary Chang, an architect, has equipped his 344 sq ft Hong Kong tenement flat with sliding panels and walls to allow him to transform it into 24 distinct rooms. 'The house transforms and I'm always here, I don't move' said Mr Chang. Recycling Billboards into Modern Residential Buildings. As more and more advertising goes online and transportation conservation becomes an increasing economic and ecological concern, what is the future fate of the infamous billboard?

Recycling Billboards into Modern Residential Buildings

One proposal by Front Architects suggests turning these into lofted homes – small houses to be sure, but located in some potentially fascinating places. Some of these unusually thin homes could be built in place from scratch, others could be transported to new locations or even left where they are in the urban environment. Conrad Maldives Rangali Island's unique underwater suite (NOT photoshop)