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, the protagonists are surprised by marauders, but are lucky to find a well-provisioned survival shelter. …
Eric Maundu’s home-aquaponics can grow veggies & fish anywhere by Kirsten Dirksen on June 20, 2020 Eric Maundu wants to put fish farming in every kitchen, or more specifically, he has created a smart aquaponics system …
Homestead Brooklyn: model creates urban forest in her NYC flat by Kirsten Dirksen on June 14, 2020 Summer Rayne Oakes moved to New York City as a model, not expecting it to be permanent, but 15 years …
3-story container townhouse shines in street art vibrant alley by Kirsten Dirksen on June 7, 2020 When Carl Cassell started his restaurant in Toronto’s Queen West, land was affordable; now it’s not, so when he and …
Tokyo maze-home blurs boundary urban/nature, indoors/outdoors by Kirsten Dirksen on May 31, 2020 Step inside Boundary House and enter a maze of hallways, rooms, open-air patios designed to blur the boundary between inside …
Cantilevered containers become popup housing for NYC creators by Kirsten Dirksen on May 24, 2020 New York City rents are unattainable for most artists, but at one marina in Queens, stacked shipping containers provide instant …
Solo living in a “camper-airplane” as architecture of collapse by Kirsten Dirksen on May 17, 2020 For 20 years, Bruce Campbell has lived on a Boeing 727 in the woods outside Portland and he thinks more …
