Container home brings high-end functions to tiny prefab market by Kirsten Dirksen on August 29, 2020 Concerned about the California housing market, friends Nate Garnero & Doug Burdge decided to make a high-end, prefab container home …
Grow your clothes: grass dress, algae shoes, kombucha fabric by Kirsten Dirksen on August 22, 2020 Clothes rely on supply chains & commoditized garments. Designers at Barcelona’s Fabricademy use biomaterials to “grow” & “print” the wardrobe …
Thrifty couple builds self-reliant, $60K homestead & workshop by Kirsten Dirksen on August 15, 2020 Marlena and Eugene built their homestead in Blanco, Texas using salvaged windows, doors, wood flooring, tile, a bathtub, a lot …
Boatbuilder makes fireproof/ultralight Lunar Lander, shares plans by Kirsten Dirksen on August 9, 2020 Puzzled by the design of the Apollo lunar landers, catamaran-designer Kurt Hughes decided to build one, both as proof of …
A backyard tiny home that expands beyond its surface by Kirsten Dirksen on August 3, 2020 Limited by the city of Austin (Texas) to building on 45% of a lot, architect Nicole Blair leaned the walls …
Towable, off-grid Ecocapsule gathers energy/water anywhere by Kirsten Dirksen on July 26, 2020 Can off-grid, anywhere-living appeal the masses? The Ecocapsule mobile dwelling gathers solar/wind energy, harvests/filters water. It shelters 2 and includes …
LA couple builds backyard cottage, then moves-in from main home by Kirsten Dirksen on July 19, 2020 Paul and Yuki Gasiorkiewicz bought a nondescript 1930s bungalow in LA’s Echo Park and rather than trying to convert it …
New Earthships capture more energy, water & food at lower cost by Kirsten Dirksen on July 13, 2020 With walls made from old tires packed with earth, as well as upcycled glass bottles and cans, Earthships have always …
Ancient stone housebarn becomes couple’s tranquil home-office by Kirsten Dirksen on July 6, 2020 In the Cantabrian mountains of Northern Spain, the traditional barn houses- used by nomadic farmers who graze their livestock on …
Texan maker’s underground survival bunkers are real batcaves by Kirsten Dirksen on June 29, 2020 In Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road,” protagonists are surprised by marauders, but are lucky to find a well-provisioned survival shelter. In …
