You do lose space, but you it would probably save enough in energy to justify the loss in density.

She tells him of Robeson's despair at losing space.

Soon large farms would lose space to small properties.

But many current residents fear their community will be gentrified and lose open space.

Community groups, afraid of losing recreational space, had fought against the Riverbank Park site for months.

To do so would mean losing green space and shifting the balance between park and transport route.

"We're losing space in three other school buildings, where we rent two or three rooms," he said.

"We wanted the staircase outside so as not to lose space inside," says James.

"We have been losing open space at a huge clip," she said.

"But we would have lost the flexibility of the layouts as well as space to common areas."