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Friends build real castle from scratch, using simple tools only

by Kirsten Dirksen on June 12, 2022

Reality can beat the building frenzy in Minecraft, as seen in Guédelon Castle: in 1997, in a forest two hours …
Friends couldn’t afford apartments. Bought the building instead

by Kirsten Dirksen on February 20, 2022

As a housekeeper, Johnny Sanphillippo couldn’t afford to buy an apartment in San Francisco, but then he heard one of …
Farmhouse INSIDE a hangar: NJ modern home creates a world within

by Kirsten Dirksen on August 14, 2016

When architect Adam Kalkin placed a huge airplane hangar over his 1880s New Jersey farmhouse, he hoped to gain space …

Building geothermal homestead with stone-dome & full ecosystem (Alicante) 🌿🐟

by Kirsten Dirksen on August 3, 2025

This off-grid homestead includes two handcrafted natural homes, a geodesic dome greenhouse built from local stone, a hand-dug stream, two …

Walking the margins: how places reveal themselves in the gaps

by Nicolás Boullosa on July 31, 2025

From the cul-de-sac to the canal path, our built environments shape how we move, think, and belong. Psychogeography isn’t dead—it …

She got ancient hermit tower, cave & chapel for the price of a car

by Kirsten Dirksen on July 27, 2025

In the wild, stony hills of the Mani Peninsula—once home to pirates, hermits, and feuding clans— Elena Zervoudakis stumbled upon …

Quiet corners of the internet: on friendship, inquiry & slow connection

by Nicolás Boullosa on July 23, 2025

The internet can sometimes live up to its promise and be a force for good. One of the places where …

Couple’s self-built greenhouse home in farm country has indoor orchard 🌳

by Kirsten Dirksen on July 20, 2025

When Roja Brimalm and Johan Holmstedt set out to build a home for their family on the windswept plains of …

Slouching Towards the Singularity: AI musings from Telegraph Avenue

by Nicolás Boullosa on July 17, 2025

On Telegraph Avenue from Oakland to Berkeley, where rebellion once thrived, conformity and resignation now scroll by. What does it …

NYC microstudio transforms on-demand with wall-embedded furniture

by Kirsten Dirksen on July 13, 2025

When Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox (“Orange Is the New Black”) bought her first home—a 634-square-foot studio in Manhattan she first …

When a friend dies, the algorithm falls silent: friendship & grief today

by Nicolás Boullosa on July 11, 2025

We live amid digital echoes and fading connections. Yet when a friend dies, the quiet truth breaks through. Social media …

Expandable home with loop-filtered water is indoor/outdoor game changer

by Kirsten Dirksen on July 7, 2025

Experiencing MO.CA gives one the feeling of entering a new type of experiencing mobile living: it’s flexible, indoor/outdoor, and entirely …

Civilizational purity myth: zeitgeist, DNA, & the fiction of unmixed origins

by Nicolás Boullosa on July 3, 2025

From Nazi archaeology to modern Egyptian nationalism, the search for ancestral purity distorts the very idea of civilization—founded not on …