Kristie Wolfe turns 1950s fire lookout into offgrid shelter by Kirsten Dirksen on November 17, 2019 When Kristie Wolfe saw a fire lookout tower advertised for sale on private land, she knew she had found her …
Transient 18th C. cabin inside new home embraces time layers by Kirsten Dirksen on November 9, 2019 When Kate Darby and David Connor were told they had to preserve the 300-year-old cottage on their property or lose …
Open-roof cube cabins and containers to build a Boreal utopia by Kirsten Dirksen on November 3, 2019 On a piece of land purchased by their grandfather in Charlevoix, Quebec, Jonathan and Simon Galarneau have built a dozen …
Lisbon tiny flat blends old/modern & perches over city views by Kirsten Dirksen on October 28, 2019 João Gameiro took a dark, rundown flat in an early 19th century Lisbon building and used traditional craftsmanship to open …
Agile villages for fire victims as template to fix CA housing? by Kirsten Dirksen on October 20, 2019 After a fire destroyed over 5,000 homes in Santa Rosa, California, locals got together to help their neighbors: one resident …
Tiny boat home packs sunroom & dock in remote kayakers’ lake by Kirsten Dirksen on October 13, 2019 To reach the Iloft floating cabin, you drive five hours north from Montreal to Quebec’s third-largest lake and then kayak …
Modern UK house of cork LEGOs built by hand, no glue needed by Kirsten Dirksen on October 6, 2019 Using 1,268 cork blocks, Matthew Barnett Howland built a home almost entirely by hand that uses no glues or mortars …
Tiny diesel tank becomes time-capsule-style personal shelter by Kirsten Dirksen on September 29, 2019 Martín Marro wanted to “rescue the memory” of his childhood home: a converted 1940s gas station in Luque, Argentina. So …
An easy-to-install prefab cabin as alternative to rental flats? by Kirsten Dirksen on September 23, 2019 In response to his city’s housing crisis, Simon Becker created a prototype cabin that can be placed on any underutilized …
Skinny home in Toronto as prototype for parking-space homes? by Kirsten Dirksen on September 15, 2019 When Cyril Borovsky bought a 16-foot-wide strip of land in Toronto sandwiched between two bungalows, he knew the only way …
