Long & short stays in classic mobile homes at Oregon RV park by Kirsten Dirksen on March 4, 2018 Going back to the 30s-40s, “mobile homes” began to excel when some small companies combined attention to detail with modern …
MN couple turns grain silo into urban brewery, store & venue by Kirsten Dirksen on February 24, 2018 Sandy and Jay Boss Febbo looked for a location to open their microbrewery. Seeking something within their self-financed budget, they …
Derelict art déco homes become vivid Mexico City venues by Kirsten Dirksen on February 18, 2018 The team at ReUrbano (Reciclaje Urbano) are specialists in “urban recycling”, transforming abandoned Mexico City properties into mixed-use hotspots to …
Aussie overlander’s own travels inspire rugged 4WD campervan by Kirsten Dirksen on February 11, 2018 Lance Gillies and his wife were globe-hopping overlanders who couldn’t buy the rugged, go-anywhere four-wheel-drive home they could imagine so …
Bauhaus to tiny “haus”: rethinking homes in Modernist Berlin by Kirsten Dirksen on February 4, 2018 When it was created in 1919, the Bauhaus aimed to be a “School of Building”, exploring dwellings, life & art: …
MN tiny home pioneer turns containers into airtight wee homes by Kirsten Dirksen on January 28, 2018 In 2002, when the modern Tiny House Movement was in its infancy, Minnesota architect Geoffrey Warner conceived of a tiny …
Translucent Swiss barn-modern home regulates views & climate by Kirsten Dirksen on January 21, 2018 In small town on the outskirts of Basel, Switzerland, where the weather is highly changeable and the views are impacted …
WA maker turns skoolie, short-bus & container into home-office by Kirsten Dirksen on January 14, 2018 Seven years ago, Jeremy and Mira Thompson quit their jobs and sold their suburban home to hit the road in …
Passivhaus rooftop flat adds level to 1930’s Mexico City home by Kirsten Dirksen on January 7, 2018 Alejandro Herrera was commuting two hours each way into Mexico City for architecture school when he turned a vacant rooftop …
Skinny lake-cabin has collapsible rooms & roof deck for 10K by Kirsten Dirksen on December 31, 2017 William Yudchitz and his son Daniel had already built one modern cabin on their land in far north Wisconsin, but …
