Crane Triplex: vacated harbor crane as micro-flat over Amsterdam by Kirsten Dirksen on August 19, 2018 Figee crane 2868 sat abandoned in Amsterdam’s Eastern Docklands for nearly four decades until a team devoted to boutique apartments …
Graham Hill’s NYC tiny flat #2 attunes L space to moment by Kirsten Dirksen on August 12, 2018 Graham Hill began experimenting with small space living in 2010 when he bought two units in a pre-war coop in …
Bliss of resting in a bubble atop a forest canopy near Paris by Kirsten Dirksen on August 6, 2018 When working in forestry, Stéphane Durocher used to sleep in a hammock high in the trees so when he moved …
Fluid NYC flat uses sliding furniture to create 3 rooms in 1 by Kirsten Dirksen on July 30, 2018 Russian architect Peter Kostelov and his artist wife, Olga Feshina, wanted private rooms to work from home in their aging …
Black mantis-like vehicle uses a Cold War hangar as creative burrow by Kirsten Dirksen on July 23, 2018 When the doors of aircraft shelter 610 on the Soesterberg air base open, there’s no way to prepare oneself for …
Tiny cabins in VA’s woods to slow down & resync inner clock by Kirsten Dirksen on July 15, 2018 Is the “simple cabin” the ideal vessel for disconnecting from modern life? Friends Jon Staff and Pete Davis have placed …
Rogue deployable shelters for off-grid OR desert living by Kirsten Dirksen on July 8, 2018 I first heard about the Alvord Desert from a local who told me he lived 100 miles from the nearest …
Mechanical cottage moves receding facade with use/seasons by Kirsten Dirksen on July 1, 2018 When his mother began talking about putting a prefab in her backyard, Caspar Schols– a physicist by training- was working …
Pivoting wall adds/subtracts rooms in NYC modular micro-flat by Kirsten Dirksen on June 24, 2018 When architect Robert Garneau was asked to turn a Manhattan prewar studio into an apartment that would sleep 6 and …
Couple taps into Mexico City’s creativity with frugal design by Kirsten Dirksen on June 17, 2018 When Óscar and Daniela found a crumbling adobe building in Mexico City, they were inspired to use salvaged materials to …
