Converted chicken coop as small home for NorCal family by Kirsten Dirksen on April 13, 2014 When Chris and Tanya bought their property in Petaluma (California) 15 years ago, it was what most people would have …
Trashformation: furniture & dwellings from recycled cardboard by Kirsten Dirksen on April 11, 2014 The Barcelona-based collective Transfodesign believe that anything, even trash, can be given a second life so for the past few …
Prototyping cardboard dwelling for off-grid Australian outback by Kirsten Dirksen on April 7, 2014 When Link Knight saw the sturdy cardboard that came as packaging for his propane freezer, he began to wonder if …
3 shelters homestead: small home, simple cabin, & treehouse by Kirsten Dirksen on March 31, 2014 After several decades as an airline executive (including Delta president, Virgin America CEO, and Lufthansa president & CEO), Fred Reid …
Monitoring indoor air quality with a DIY sensor by Kirsten Dirksen on March 24, 2014 Tim Dye has been measuring our environment since he was a kid with his own weather station and a member …
Creating pop-up neighborhoods & installs with containers by Kirsten Dirksen on March 17, 2014 James Alfandre comes from a family of real estate developers (his maternal ancestors helped settle the Salt Lake Valley). He …
Skinny Portland prefab home stacks space to fit family of 3 by Kirsten Dirksen on March 10, 2014 When Matt Kirkpatrick and Katherine Bovee bought a half-sized lot in Portland, Oregon, instead of filling the reduced area with …
2-wheeled untippable EV gyrocar from SF automaker startup by Kirsten Dirksen on March 3, 2014 When Danny Kim founded his car company in 2010, he was confident that at even 30-year-olds, he could take on …
Living walls save space in minimalist Barcelona apartment by Kirsten Dirksen on February 28, 2014 Niels and Bianca wanted to bring nature inside their Barcelona apartment. A former sewing workshop (for the bikini shop downstairs), …
Backyard aquaponics as self-sustained farm in (sub)urban LA by Kirsten Dirksen on February 24, 2014 Scott Henley wanted to prove he could turn the backyard of his modest Pasadena (Los Angeles) home into a working …
