Didn’t use garage, turned it into his parents’ modern home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 24, 2021 To convert a garage into a home, Ramiro Losada-Amor left the structure untouched and dropped a birch box inside to …
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 …
Wanted common area for people, not cars. Built a Pocket Hood by Kirsten Dirksen on October 10, 2021 On an empty lot next door to a popular craft brewery, the Blockhouse team wanted to build housing that would …
Aptera commutes just on solar, gets 1K mile-range when full by Kirsten Dirksen on October 5, 2021 When Aptera debuted plans for their electric vehicle in 2007 the solar panels were only powerful enough for climate control, …
Rundown apartments reborn as food-forest coliving Agritopia by Kirsten Dirksen on September 26, 2021 In 2007, Ole and Maitri Ersson bought a rundown apartment complex in the city and immediately began to de-pave parking …
3D-Printed in 24h, no waste. Price to fall as builds ramp-up by Kirsten Dirksen on September 19, 2021 Up to now, construction has relied on rigid techniques that usually create big amounts of waste. By adding material instead …
Mountaintop building was banned. Pulled off epic off-grid by Kirsten Dirksen on September 12, 2021 On a California mountaintop with no access to power, David Latimer created a deconstructed home from two wee homes on …
Built a backyard Yome (yurt + dome) to stay in San Francisco by Kirsten Dirksen on September 5, 2021 When Ava Rosen first slept in a yome – a hybrid between a yurt and geodesic dome – she fell …
We needed simple furniture. This is our Spartan transformer system by Kirsten Dirksen on August 29, 2021 To furnish an old country home in a 12th Century town, we wanted to create the minimal expression of furniture …
2 skinny homes interlock like a puzzle on small LA lot by Kirsten Dirksen on August 22, 2021 Kevin Daly and Dana Cuff bought a small, rundown home in Santa Monica, and worried about the lack of density …
