If you’ve ever been to Ann Arbor, Mich., you might know about the fairy doors scattered around the city. They’re all very pretty and suburban-looking, but let’s be realistic — these days, even elves are moving into high-rises.

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Berlin-based artist Evol first started turning urban infrastructure — concrete planters, electric boxes, and unsuspecting walls — into mini-apartment buildings in 2004.

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Evol

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These tiny dwellings have turned up in German cities (Berlin, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Cologne) and abroad (Rotterdam, Cork, and others).

Evol makes them with a set of stencils or with screen printing.

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Evol

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Sometimes he or others add tiny details, like squatters or miniature archers, to his cities within cities. Over time, the buildings have gotten bigger — this one is 29 stories tall!