Buys ’50s home to fix it, falls for its indoor/outdoor mastery by Kirsten Dirksen on September 26, 2020 In 1949, Wells Blackshear and his son Harold began designing and building their own home in South Austin, guided by …
Billboard micro-apartment houses artist, reflects on popup art by Kirsten Dirksen on September 20, 2020 Perched above Mexico City’s Polanco district, artist Cecelia Beaven lived for 10 days in a tiny apartment, leaving only to …
Got to the Rockies, settled to build rugged Mountain tiny homes by Kirsten Dirksen on September 13, 2020 Greg Parham moved to Durango, Colorado for the mountain biking and built his first tiny house to afford rent. Almost …
Photographer’s open-floor glass home perches over Canadian lake by Kirsten Dirksen on September 6, 2020 To create a photography studio with maximum daylight, Larry Williams built a glass house. Doubling as a boat garage (the …
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 …
Austin backyard tiny home gently 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 …
