Factories closed. This family thrived with wit & old machines by Kirsten Dirksen on August 15, 2022 As textile competition from other countries hit the valleys in Northern Italy, concentrating most of the country’s highly-specialized haute-couture industry, …
Turns barren suburban lot into high-yield Microfarm & YT studio by Kirsten Dirksen on August 8, 2022 On a 1/3rd acre urban lot in Corvallis, Oregon, horticulture professor and youtuber Andrew Millison has spent the past 12 years …
Turned lousy shed into 3 dream homes around zen garden & spa by Kirsten Dirksen on August 1, 2022 25 years ago, Jeffrey Frechette bought “the last $100,000 house in Seattle”, a tiny 1940s-era war bungalow that he describes …
Arcimoto 3-wheel EV commuter blends bikes’ fun + cars’ safety by Kirsten Dirksen on July 25, 2022 Arcimoto is an ultra-efficient “autocycle” (officially) that gets the equivalent, in charge, of 230 miles per gallon. When founder Mark …
Clever microhome perches over compact food forest outside Barcelona by Kirsten Dirksen on July 17, 2022 At just 8 square meters (86 square feet), a clever micro-house perched on the coastal hills of Maresme outside Barcelona …
Turns abandoned cargo boat into modern home gem (before/after) by Kirsten Dirksen on June 27, 2022 Jérémie Malvy bought an old cargo riverboat for 11,000 euros and then spent two years remaking it into a light …
He saved stone barn. Also built unreal villa under hillside by Kirsten Dirksen on June 19, 2022 Gorka Ibargoyen bought an abandoned stone housebarn in the Bera Valley of Navarre and wanted to expand it to fit …
Friends build real castle from scratch with 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 …
Delivery EV turned solar-powered campervan: 100% self-reliant by Kirsten Dirksen on June 7, 2022 Believing solar vehicles were feasible beyond the lightweight Aptera and Lightyear One cars, Joel Gregory Hayes wanted to create an …
Their RV wasn’t up to code. Built Invisible Home instead by Kirsten Dirksen on May 28, 2022 Film producers Chris and Roberta Hanley (American Psycho, Virgin Suicides) dropped a tiny prefab onto their Joshua Tree land to …
