Done with city life, he’s reviving an ancient housebarn by Kirsten Dirksen on May 1, 2021 Traditional Basque housebarns – “baserri” (“caserío”, in Spanish) – are farmsteads that could sustain the multiple generations of family that …
U-Build hands-on: a flat-pack modular home you can assemble by Kirsten Dirksen on April 24, 2021 U-Build is a modular construction system even completely inexperienced builders can assemble with simple hand tools. The flat-pack kit is …
This apartment packs 3 bedrooms + 2 beds in beehive-cabinet by Kirsten Dirksen on April 17, 2021 To turn a one-bedroom apartment into a home for a family of five, Pierre-Louis Gerlier crafted bed pods inside a …
Bought rocky lot, created megalith home amid boulders by Kirsten Dirksen on April 10, 2021 Steve Demarest took advantage of the huge boulders covering his land in the Cascade Mountains to build a home that …
How hermits clamped their dwellings on to Meteora boulders by Kirsten Dirksen on April 5, 2021 Archeologists argue that Meteora has been considered a holy place by hermits since the Paleolithic, or several millennia before Christians …
Homestead Paradise: got barren land, boosted it at a profit by Kirsten Dirksen on March 27, 2021 In the early 90s, Mark and Jen Shepard bought a degraded corn farm in Viola, Wisconsin, and began to slowly …
Live-work under loft bed in 13m2 Paris micro-studio by Kirsten Dirksen on March 21, 2021 When Jay Swanson moved into his 140-square-foot apartment, a former maids’ quarters (“chambre de bonne”) in central Paris, he had …
To save historic farm, couple creates agrihood of tiny homes by Kirsten Dirksen on March 13, 2021 When developers bought the land that Skip Connett and Erin Flynn were farming in Austin, Texas, and planned to turn …
60m2 penthouse has deck, antique roof dome, old city views by Kirsten Dirksen on March 6, 2021 Can remote working from a city be appealing, and even work as a slow replacement for tourism rentals during a …
The Call of the (DIY) Wild: tips on achieving wood mastery by Kirsten Dirksen on February 27, 2021 For photographer/woodworker Andrew Szeto, it all started with skateboarding. As a semi-pro, he was getting injured a lot and wanted …
