Young priest turns forsaken farm into paradise homestead by Kirsten Dirksen on December 5, 2021 Five years ago, Catholic priest Johannes Schwarz left his parish to “withdraw for a few years” in the Italian Alps …
Jupe flat-pack prefab is built for comfort & fast deployment by Kirsten Dirksen on November 28, 2021 He lived in a dumpster, then designed a slick plug-and-play prefab that got stuck in permitting purgatory, but now Jeff …
Solar Alpine home warms up via 3-story greenhouse facade by Kirsten Dirksen on November 22, 2021 Emanuele Almagioni wanted to build a home in a cold and windy, but very sunny, town high in the Italian …
LA tests Dutch/Japanese pocket communities. Skeptics like it by Kirsten Dirksen on November 15, 2021 When Barbara Bestor was tasked with turning 5 mostly-abandoned lots into 18 homes in LA’s Echo Park, she knew the …
Cork-clad home uses Trombe Wall & circular vents as free A/C by Kirsten Dirksen on November 9, 2021 When Nancy and her husband found a lot at the edge of Catalonia’s Garraf forest, they wanted a home that …
He was a bike nomad. Now revamps derelict Alpine farmstead by Kirsten Dirksen on November 1, 2021 After spending years cycling around the world, Martijn Doolaard was ready for a more permanent home and he wanted something …
Didn’t use garage, turned it into his parents’ modern home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 24, 2021 To convert a garage into a home, Ramiro Losada-Amor left the structure untouched and dropped a birch box inside to …
FedEx tinkerer custom builds no-waste micro farmstead by Kirsten Dirksen on October 17, 2021 Ramutis “Ray” Narkevicius kept his day job with FedEx, but cultivated his dream job by gardening his small Los Angeles …
Wanted common area for people, not cars. Built a Pocket Hood by Kirsten Dirksen on October 10, 2021 On an empty lot next door to a popular craft brewery, the Blockhouse team wanted to build housing that would …
Aptera commutes just on solar, gets 1K mile-range when full by Kirsten Dirksen on October 5, 2021 When Aptera debuted plans for their electric vehicle in 2007 the solar panels were only powerful enough for climate control, …
