Urban self-reliance: homestead in Oakland’s small rented lot by Kirsten Dirksen on April 13, 2015 Sheila Cassani began farming her rental home while a college student. She started with a small vegetable patch, but it …
Japanese-inspired charred wood tiny home in Ohio town by Kirsten Dirksen on April 6, 2015 When Alex Melamed and his wife moved to the traditional brick and mortar town of Yellow Springs, Ohio they built …
Architect’s simple dream home in AZ’s saguaro cactus forest by Kirsten Dirksen on March 30, 2015 When architect Michael P. Johnson prepared to design his wife’s dream home in the middle of a saguaro cactus forest …
Farm-to-table organic produce growing in dense Hong Kong by Kirsten Dirksen on March 23, 2015 Hong Kong is one of the densest cities in the world (in some parts there are 400,000 people living in …
Backyard treehouse: a perched home for escape, introspection by Kirsten Dirksen on March 16, 2015 Michelle and Bill built their backyard treehouse for their autistic daughter Frida, but she never liked it as much as …
*faircompanies’ faction trilogy: an emergent story of time by Kirsten Dirksen on March 15, 2015 This is part of an ongoing conversation here at faircompanies about free will, determinism, time, philosophy, happiness and the meaning …
Life on the road: converted budget eurovan as trip home by Kirsten Dirksen on March 9, 2015 At 25 years old, Robin Raindropcatcher had never owned a car and didn’t have a driver’s license, but he dreamed …
Art of making handmade bicycles (custom tailored in NorCal) by Kirsten Dirksen on March 2, 2015 Jeremy Sycip was in art school when he first started thinking about making his own bikes. “I was into riding …
Former New Mexico ranch as off-grid conservation easement by Kirsten Dirksen on February 23, 2015 JJ and Fred Milder were looking for their dream home- they’d spent most of their married life in Boston-, but …
Gattaca’s movie set: in Frank Lloyd Wright’s city-building by Kirsten Dirksen on February 16, 2015 When Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Marin civic center in the 1950s, he was so ahead of his time that …