Modern cabin hangs like a treehouse over Acadian New England by Kirsten Dirksen on November 6, 2016 Maricela Salas and Mary McGoff admit they were “naive” about buying raw land before making their purchase of a hillside …
Transforming plywood walls add rooms & service to Geneva home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 30, 2016 When a family of five in Geneva was looking to turn two large basement rooms into four, including a bedroom …
Artist builds his Savannah studio with shipping containers by Kirsten Dirksen on October 23, 2016 Architect, artist, designer Julio Garcia had been designing plans for shipping container homes for a decade before he found the …
Rubik cube flat flips office, storage, dining, bedroom in SF by Kirsten Dirksen on October 16, 2016 When Donnie Wang bought his 530-square-foot studio apartment in San Francisco’s Financial District, he was single. When his now wife, …
Metapod backyard tiny shed delivers best of NY’s urban-rural by Kirsten Dirksen on October 9, 2016 Inspired by a large window he salvaged from the street, Jerome Levin set out to build his children a playhouse …
Turning Montmartre flat into adaptive space perched over Paris by Kirsten Dirksen on October 2, 2016 When tasked with adding space, functionality and light to a small-ish apartment on Montmartre- the tallest hill in Paris-, architect …
FarmBot: open-source backyard robot for automated gardening by Kirsten Dirksen on September 26, 2016 In the front yard of Rory Aronson’s San Luis Obispo home (that he shares with 9 roommates), a robot is …
Kristie Wolfe builds underground home & sets rural WA hamlet by Kirsten Dirksen on September 18, 2016 Inspired by the success of the Hawaii treehouse home she built for $11,000, Kristie Wolfe began searching for land to …
How 16 containers became 8 wanted market-rate Phoenix condos by Kirsten Dirksen on September 12, 2016 On an old used car lot in Phoenix, architects Brian Stark and Wesley James placed 16 used shipping containers and …
Medieval granary-on-stilts becomes tiny summer cabin in Spain by Kirsten Dirksen on September 5, 2016 In Northern Spain, small farmers have stored their crops in “hórreos”- a granary raised on pillars – since medieval times …
