Modern home hideout sits on forsaken volcano like Star Wars rebel ship by Kirsten Dirksen on December 24, 2023 Perched on a slope of what is arguably the tallest mountain in the world (Mauna Kea), and accessible only by …
Giant Earthship vs wildfire: Did good prepping save this ecovillage? by Kirsten Dirksen on December 17, 2023 Dan Schultz spent 15 years building his off-grid self-sufficient utopia with whimsical homes and trees and gardens that produced enough …
No bank loaned them money. They built dream Hobbit Home themselves by Kirsten Dirksen on December 10, 2023 When no bank would give them a loan for an earth-sheltered dome home, Steve Travis and Jeff Ingram began to …
Young architect’s Fairy-Tale home inspired by Nature’s spirals: awe inside 🐚 by Kirsten Dirksen on December 4, 2023 The Bloomhouse seems to erupt or grow from the ground, leaving no straight lines. It was actually hand-sculpted over the …
Off-grid Hawaii dream: couple builds budget home & thriving food forest by Kirsten Dirksen on November 29, 2023 Matt Holton and Cristina Pineda were living on Maui where the average home price is a million dollars when they …
He built $2K remote dome cabin amid freezing Siberian wilderness (step-by-step) by Kirsten Dirksen on November 19, 2023 Bio-architect and handyman Alosha Lynov has experienced his own Tolstoyan Odyssey: interested in natural building, he taught himself to design …
Retro-futuristic ADU sits atop old Austin bungalow, freeing backyard by Kirsten Dirksen on November 12, 2023 An Austin couple wanted to add on to their small two-bedroom bungalow, but they didn’t want to move out and …
Veteran coder builds stone-covered Dome Home into Texas hill by Kirsten Dirksen on November 5, 2023 When Al Schwarz moved from upstate NY near Dallas, TX, for work, he wanted a home with low energy bills …
Couple’s attic apartment is kaleidoscope of nooks & skylights 🍕 by Kirsten Dirksen on October 29, 2023 Sam Ciccarelli and Rosie Dooley live in a kaleidoscopic attic home that is a maze of triangles, tunneled bedrooms and …
Strawbale Home couple built after fire is bioclimatic marvel by Kirsten Dirksen on October 22, 2023 Ken Haggard and Polly Cooper have built natural homes with passive solar techniques and powered by renewables since the seventies, …
