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'World's thinnest house' gets closer to big opening
Good news for giraffes! Construction has started on a house that's being called the world's narrowest.
The dwelling -- located in a passageway between two buildings in Warsaw, Poland's Wola district -- measures 47 inches at its widest point and 27 inches at its thinnest.
Polish architect Jakub Szczesny of the architecture collective Centrala conceived of the super-slender abode for acclaimed Israeli writer Etgar Keret, who will live and work in the space for part of the year.
When Keret's not using the home, artists and intellectuals from around the world will be invited to stay there for days and weeks at a time. … Read more
