Trapped in paradise: how we got the homeless situation (part 1) by Kirsten Dirksen on April 2, 2023 It’s tough to put a number on how many Americans are homeless. About one and a half million people sleep …
Guerrillas improving cities: intentional, bottom-up urbanism by Nicolás Boullosa on May 26, 2022 As we grow up, those who manage not to fall for cynicism and good ol’ fatalism realize that the things …
End of shop class, and what it means for (most-needed) manual trades by Nicolás Boullosa on March 16, 2022 In the summer of 2006, Mathew B. Crawford had the urge to explain what was happening to “shop class” across …
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 …
FedEx tinkerer custom builds no-waste micro farmstead by Kirsten Dirksen on October 17, 2021 Ramutis “Ray” Narkevicius kept his day job with FedEx, but cultivated his dream job by gardening his small Los Angeles …
Ethan James Green nos retrata en Vanity Fair, noviembre 2019 by Nicolás Boullosa on October 10, 2019 El estreno mundial de Joker (octubre de 2019), la precuela de Todd Phillips protagonizada por Joaquin Phoenix, ha vuelto a suscitar …
Bottom-up urbanism solves urgent housing needs in CA vicinity by Kirsten Dirksen on February 3, 2019 When Johnny Sanphillippo wanted to upsize his 700-square-foot home in Sonoma County, California, he discovered that a legal backyard cottage …
Urbanismo: cómo lo superficial oculta tendencias a largo plazo by Nicolás Boullosa on July 26, 2018 Como ocurre en las muestras de laboratorio, cuando un tinte fluorescente hace emerger fenómenos microscópicos hasta entonces ocultos, la literatura …
De comunas a Baugruppen: nuevo co-living en centros urbanos by Nicolás Boullosa on August 5, 2015 El alquiler de las ciudades más vibrantes es tan prohibitivo que aparecen propuestas para solucionarlo: nuevas comunas para creativos, viviendas …
Rust Belt rebirth: a $17,500 Cincinnati old home renewal by Kirsten Dirksen on June 29, 2015 It’s become difficult to afford urban living in places like San Francisco, New York or even Portland, but there is …