Spent 5 years fixing old house-barn by hand. It was worth it by Kirsten Dirksen on January 30, 2022 When Enrico Gri discovered the wild Orco Valley during a ski mountaineering trip, he fell in love with the idea …
School was rigid. Built dream career learning through play by Kirsten Dirksen on January 24, 2022 Ethan Schlussler has crafted a life of fantasy. For two years he pedaled his homemade bike elevator up to his …
25Verde apartment jungle is an ecosystem of 150 trees, 60+ apartments by Kirsten Dirksen on January 16, 2022 With 150 trees sprouting across 5 floors of terraces, balconies and roof gardens, apartment complex “25 Verde” rises like a …
30 years self-reliant: family $10K/year homestead & dugout by Kirsten Dirksen on January 10, 2022 In 1978 Cheri and Evan Howard signed “The Shakertown Pledge,” a commitment to living at or below the federal poverty …
Fast & cheap revamp of long-time abandoned small apartment by Kirsten Dirksen on January 2, 2022 David Tapias (Aixopluc founder) and Ricard Pau installed their first experimental home inside a former photographer’s studio that had been …
Wasp 3D-prints eco-homes from local raw earth for $1K by Kirsten Dirksen on December 26, 2021 After years of creating machines to 3D-print rubber, recycled plastics, clay, and geopolymers, the Italian start-up WASP created a 3D-Printer …
Is Paris’ best bedroom in a closet? 6-in-1 yoga apartment by Kirsten Dirksen on December 19, 2021 Laure Badufle works multiple jobs from home so, needing her tiny apartment to serve multiple functions, she built the smallest …
Old delivery truck outside, fast-transformer homestudio inside by Kirsten Dirksen on December 12, 2021 Vaughn Dabney bought an old food delivery van for $9,500 and spent $8,000 in supplies to convert it into a …
Young priest turns forsaken farm into paradise homestead by Kirsten Dirksen on December 5, 2021 Five years ago, Catholic priest Johannes Schwarz left his parish to “withdraw for a few years” in the Italian Alps …
Jupe flat-pack prefab is built for comfort & fast deployment by Kirsten Dirksen on November 28, 2021 He lived in a dumpster, then designed a slick plug-and-play prefab that got stuck in permitting purgatory, but now Jeff …
