Cob tiny cottage adds golden ratio with Fibonacci openings by Kirsten Dirksen on October 24, 2012 Author Richard Heinberg once taught a course on sacred geometry, and he’s written nearly a dozen books related to our …
DIY cardboard furniture with free IKEA-style instructions by Kirsten Dirksen on October 21, 2012 After a move to a new city and a trip to IKEA, industrial designer Adrián Candela was overwhelmed by the …
Teen tiny house builder Austin Hay finishes dorm on wheels by Kirsten Dirksen on October 13, 2012 We first visited Austin Hay after he had just finished his sophomore year (see 16 year old builds tiny home …
Berkeley’s backyard tiny house helps with income, landscape by Kirsten Dirksen on October 8, 2012 Karen Chapple is a city planning professor so she knows all about the benefits of backyard cottages as urban infill …
First they remodeled a shotgun shack, then revamped it for $700 by Kirsten Dirksen on September 30, 2012 Three years ago, the Jordan family left their 2,500-square-foot, 4-bedroom home to move into a 1-bedroom 320-square-foot prefab. They also …
Skyfarming prototype: 8-story, climbable vertical garden by Kirsten Dirksen on September 24, 2012 Architect Juli Capella was tasked- by the city of Barcelona- to design a vertical garden to cover a nearly 70-foot-high …
Family of 3 amplifies flat with a see-thru mezzanine core by Kirsten Dirksen on September 17, 2012 When Miguel Ángel Borrás and Elodie Grammont bought their apartment in Barcelona’s Eixample district, it was divided into small rooms, …
Created legendary Napa restaurant, then regenerated a farm by Kirsten Dirksen on September 10, 2012 In 1978 Don and Sally Schmitt opened a restaurant in a former french laundry in a tiny Napa Valley town. …
Non-possession: seeking intense simplicity and the good life by Kirsten Dirksen on September 3, 2012 Peter Lawrence has few possessions. He can fit nearly everything he owns in a suitcase. He is nearly camping in …
Salvaged boat trailer as mobile home-office: $300 + labor by Kirsten Dirksen on August 30, 2012 Jenine Alexander likes to built tiny structures on wheels. And she loves to find her building materials in the dump …
