A remote lake cabin with water-only access in wild Ontario by Kirsten Dirksen on March 29, 2020 Last summer, we visited friends on a small lake north of Toronto where the underlying Canadian Shield (mostly granite with …
Detroit indoor farming could boost local food, jobs & community by Kirsten Dirksen on March 22, 2020 In 2015 Jeff Adams bought an abandoned warehouse in his Detroit neighborhood and installed hydroponic racks 5-levels high to grow …
Found a derelict Portuguese hamlet. Settled in to revive it by Kirsten Dirksen on March 15, 2020 “Now, the rural is the revolutionary” – José Luis Peixoto Pedro Pedrosa and his wife Sofia left city life over …
Sunken greenhouse wraps home & feeds suburban antifragile co-op by Kirsten Dirksen on March 8, 2020 When Richard Weaver inherited 3 acres in the center of a golf-oriented community developed by his father in Bozeman, Montana, …
Cave & “Moulin” home restoration looks like a Rembrandt painting by Kirsten Dirksen on March 1, 2020 Sandrine Lafage was looking to buy a cave home when she stumbled up on a historic windmill, cave and barn …
Tiny art gallery turns into home via stealth kitchen/bedroom by Kirsten Dirksen on February 23, 2020 Lawrence Blairs has hosted up to 90 people in his small gallery and few of them would guess that behind …
Folding 18-sqm beach-flat sleeps 5, feeds 10 + cocktail terrace by Kirsten Dirksen on February 16, 2020 To maximize an 18 square-meter apartment (a 194 square feet studio near the sea) for a family of 3, Ángel …
Kristie Wolfe’s fairytale tiny house: giant potato + silo conversion by Kirsten Dirksen on February 9, 2020 Kristie Wolfe spent over a year touring the U.S. with a giant potato to promote Idaho’s spud industry and dreaming …
Triangle home filling small lot takes cues from boat tradition by Kirsten Dirksen on February 2, 2020 On a tiny triangular lot in central Lisbon, Luis Pedro Pinto built a right-angle home for his family taking advantage …
Pittsburgh incremental house: affordable home expands with owner by Kirsten Dirksen on January 26, 2020 “While we have, in Pittsburgh, autonomous vehicles driving around the city, we’re still building homes with a hammer and a …