On building one’s own dream home as an 8-year desert odyssey by Kirsten Dirksen on December 23, 2018 Fresh out of architecture school, Aaron D’Innocenzo wanted to test out his belief that with proper orientation and materials, he …
Italian family shapes high end space-saving furniture by Kirsten Dirksen on December 16, 2018 A half century ago, the Colombo family took the ugly wall bed and remade it into something stylish, easy-to-use, and …
Boeing retiree finds meaning inventing tiny sheds & devices by Kirsten Dirksen on December 9, 2018 Inspired by a father and uncle who relied on “imagination, calculation, patience, determination and a few handy tools”, Paul Elkins …
Intersection of rurex & philosophy: visiting Heidegger’s hut by Kirsten Dirksen on December 2, 2018 Can a place change how we think? “At most a city-dweller gets ‘stimulated’ by a so-called ‘stay in the country’, …
CA tips on how RV-parks can warm up to tiny house applicants by Kirsten Dirksen on November 25, 2018 Park Delta Bay advertises as “the only legal Tiny House community in Northern California”. There are now 10 tiny homes …
Modern tiny home finds place between 2 converted alpine barns by Kirsten Dirksen on November 18, 2018 Architect Enrico Scaramellini took a narrow void between two former stables in the Italian Alps and turned it into a …
Ski town turns car park into vertical farm for local jobs/food by Kirsten Dirksen on November 11, 2018 For most of the year the soil in Jackson, Wyoming is iced over and the town’s produce is trucked in. …
Storefront near Salonica market becomes a “passer” small home by Kirsten Dirksen on November 5, 2018 Designers Babis Papanikolaou and Christina Tsirangelou imagined living and working in one of the tiny 1920s storefronts in their hometown …
Young vets avoid student debt going vanlife in San Francisco by Kirsten Dirksen on October 24, 2018 Paris and Lovell Lee were used to small space living while in the Navy so when they started college in …
Modern prefab keeps Mediterranean character & sense of place by Kirsten Dirksen on October 14, 2018 For forty years the JEC family has been growing their “mas” (Catalan country home) from a basic 45m2-square structure to …
