Studio apartment
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Studio apartment, or an Efficiency apartment or bachelor style apartment is a self-contained, small apartment, which combines living room, bedroom and Kitchenette into a single unit, barring a bathroom.
Studio efficiency, bedsit and bachelor-style apartments all tend to be the smallest apartments with the lowest rents in a given area, usually with an area of around 300 to 600 square feet (25-60 m²). These kinds of apartments usually consist mainly of a large room which serves as the living, dining, and bedroom. There are usually kitchen facilities as part of this central room or sometimes a small separate kitchen, but the bathroom is its own smaller separate room.
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[edit] United States
A variation common in New York City is the "L-shaped" or "alcove" studio, in which the central room branches off into a small alcove that can be used for sleeping or dining.
[edit] Singapore
Studio apartments, in the context of Singapore's public housing, refers to flats that are specifically built by Housing and Development Board to cater for the growing senior citizen population, although there is growing popularity among young working singles.
