Building restrictions limited options for the lot, so the architect designed a 16-foot-wide-by-78-foot-long home.

In simple terms, a spite house is one built specifically to inconvenience and irritate the other homeowners in the vicinity.

They’ve built a “tiny house” from the ground up. Outfitted in hard hats and safety goggles, students studying the carpentry, electrical, and plumbing trades have built the home over the last ...