Cat flats: designing human apartments for feline friends

By Kate Springer, CNN
4 minute read
Updated 9:46 PM EST, Sun January 1, 2017
<a href="http://www.fb.com/ivanhousedesign" target="_blank" target="_blank">Hao Interior Design</a> designed this apartment for a couple and their three cats.
Recall Casa, Taiwan —
Hao Interior Design designed this apartment for a couple and their three cats.
Hao Design
A series of mini mouse doors gives the feline residents their own route around the space.
Recall Casa, Taiwan —
A series of mini mouse doors gives the feline residents their own route around the space.
Hao Design
House Taishido is a three-story house in Tokyo, designed by Key Operation architects. The designers built a jungle-gym like shelving system on one wall where the owners' pet cat could jump and play.
House Taishido, Japan —
House Taishido is a three-story house in Tokyo, designed by Key Operation architects. The designers built a jungle-gym like shelving system on one wall where the owners' pet cat could jump and play.
Akira Koyama / Key Operation
This nifty nook in the wall, provides the pet cat a place to hide
House Taishido, Japan —
This nifty nook in the wall, provides the pet cat a place to hide
Akira Koyama / Key Operation
Designed by ST Design Studio, the renovation of Loft H house in Taipei revolved around the owners' two cats -- Meimei and Gege. Tsai says ledges and vertical platforms are a must in cat-friendly flats.
Loft H, Taiwan —
Designed by ST Design Studio, the renovation of Loft H house in Taipei revolved around the owners' two cats -- Meimei and Gege. Tsai says ledges and vertical platforms are a must in cat-friendly flats.
Hey!Cheese
This "catwalk" doubles as a shelf for the owners' books, movies and music collection.
Cat House, Taiwan —
This "catwalk" doubles as a shelf for the owners' books, movies and music collection.
Thinking Design
This wooden tree trunk serves both as a decorative feature and a scratch surface for the resident cat.
Cat House, Taiwan —
This wooden tree trunk serves both as a decorative feature and a scratch surface for the resident cat.
Thinking Design
The owners of Small Home Smart Home -- designed by Hong Kong-based LAAB Architects -- requested a place where all three of their cats would feel like part of the family, complete with cat walks, hideouts and even a private kitty toilet.
Small Home Smart Home, Hong Kong —
The owners of Small Home Smart Home -- designed by Hong Kong-based LAAB Architects -- requested a place where all three of their cats would feel like part of the family, complete with cat walks, hideouts and even a private kitty toilet.
LAAB
The smart home has lots of hideaway cubbies and private nooks for the cats to relax on their own.
Small Home Smart Home, Hong Kong —
The smart home has lots of hideaway cubbies and private nooks for the cats to relax on their own.
LAAB
Tucked away under the bathroom sink, the cats' litter box is designed to diffuse smells so the apartment stays fresh.
Small Home Smart Home, Hong Kong —