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 …
Aquaponics home-farm kit could grow food anywhere by Kirsten Dirksen on February 9, 2015 Paul Holowko is an electrical and computer engineer who has turned his technical skills on his garden. About a decade …
Shared tiny space: how 4 people could live/work in 700 sq ft by Kirsten Dirksen on February 2, 2015 Having lived in cities like London and Barcelona, where rents and turnover are high, Mike Davies of Studio P10 wanted …
Oldest US mall blends old/modern with 225-sq-ft micro lofts by Kirsten Dirksen on January 26, 2015 The Providence Arcade is nearly 2 centuries old, but when Evan Granoff bought it was considered one of the city’s …
Age of pre-hoverboards: robotics grads electrify skateboard by Kirsten Dirksen on January 19, 2015 The hoverboard is finally being developed off-screen (though the prototype’s reliance on magnets means it’s not currently a transport solution), …
Access to tools to help craft your self reliance by Kirsten Dirksen on January 18, 2015 “We are as gods and might as well get good at it,” wrote Stewart Brand in the first Whole Earth …
Eichler homes rediscovery: when suburban was modern-livable by Kirsten Dirksen on January 12, 2015 Real estate developer Joseph Eichler brought high-end modern design to affordable tract homes. In the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s his …
Studies architecture, decides to restore Airstreams instead by Kirsten Dirksen on January 5, 2015 When a 26-year-old Matthew Hofman launched his own architecture firm, he bought a 1978 Airstream trailer and redesigned it to …
Iowa couple pick CA landscape with tiny homeoffice on wheels by Kirsten Dirksen on December 29, 2014 Alek Lisefski was tired of paying rent in high-end towns like Santa Monica and Boulder so he decided to build …
