Friends couldn’t afford apartments. Bought the building instead by Kirsten Dirksen on February 20, 2022 As a housekeeper, Johnny Sanphillippo couldn’t afford to buy an apartment in San Francisco, but then he heard one of …
T-Fold wooden home blends design & disaster-proof tech by Kirsten Dirksen on February 13, 2022 After the 2009 earthquake in Central Italy left 40,000 people homeless, Nico D’Incecco and the team at A-Fold began thinking …
7 friends built restoration ecovillage. Outcome 50 years on by Kirsten Dirksen on February 6, 2022 In 1994 a group of seven friends began living and farming together after taking over an 80-acre, 1974 organic farm …
Spent 5 years fixing old house-barn by hand. It was worth it by Kirsten Dirksen on January 30, 2022 When Enrico Gri discovered the wild Orco Valley during a ski mountaineering trip, he fell in love with the idea …
School was rigid. Built dream career learning through play by Kirsten Dirksen on January 24, 2022 Ethan Schlussler has crafted a life of fantasy. For two years he pedaled his homemade bike elevator up to his …
25Verde apartment jungle is an ecosystem of 150 trees, 60+ apartments by Kirsten Dirksen on January 16, 2022 With 150 trees sprouting across 5 floors of terraces, balconies and roof gardens, apartment complex “25 Verde” rises like a …
30 years self-reliant: family $10K/year homestead & dugout by Kirsten Dirksen on January 10, 2022 In 1978 Cheri and Evan Howard signed “The Shakertown Pledge,” a commitment to living at or below the federal poverty …
Fast & cheap revamp of long-time abandoned small apartment by Kirsten Dirksen on January 2, 2022 David Tapias (Aixopluc founder) and Ricard Pau installed their first experimental home inside a former photographer’s studio that had been …
Wasp 3D-prints eco-homes from local raw earth for $1K by Kirsten Dirksen on December 26, 2021 After years of creating machines to 3D-print rubber, recycled plastics, clay, and geopolymers, the Italian start-up WASP created a 3D-Printer …
Is Paris’ best bedroom in a closet? 6-in-1 yoga apartment by Kirsten Dirksen on December 19, 2021 Laure Badufle works multiple jobs from home so, needing her tiny apartment to serve multiple functions, she built the smallest …
