Idaho goat herder rotates goats for alternative weed control by Kirsten Dirksen on December 28, 2015 Tim Linquist grew up on a cattle ranch and expected to continue the family business. When his father was forced …
Arctic ancestral survivalism: on extreme weather Sami wisdom by Kirsten Dirksen on December 22, 2015 The Sami people are one of the oldest semi-nomadic indigenous groups in the world. Traditionally herding reindeer in the Arctic …
Capsule hotel, ancient city: sleeping in a Kyoto pod for $40 by Kirsten Dirksen on December 14, 2015 In the late ‘70s, Metabolist architect Kisho Kurokawa (designer of the Nakagin capsule tower) dreamt up “a hotel for 2001”. The …
$150 bike camper: DIY micro mobile home (plans to download) by Kirsten Dirksen on December 6, 2015 Paul Elkins makes things: driveable plastic cars, tipis, treehouses, fluted-plastic boats and many micro-shelters. He made his first micro-RV a …
Vipp Shelter tiny prefab as precise industrial-era appliance by Kirsten Dirksen on November 29, 2015 The Danish company VIPP (known for its iconic 1939 wastebasket, now in the MOMA) has created a prefab tiny home …
Modern-traditional Japan mud home: bioclimatic on a budget by Kirsten Dirksen on November 23, 2015 To bring natural homes into the 21 Century, architect Tono Mirai designed “Future House”: a home that blends traditional earth …
High desert skinny home feels big facing Bend’s mountains by Kirsten Dirksen on November 15, 2015 Gary Beaudoin wanted to build a home with intention, where every square foot was laid out for a purpose and …
Stockholm family wraps home in greenhouse to warm up weather by Kirsten Dirksen on November 10, 2015 The average temperature in Stockholm in January is -3°C (27°F). For Marie Granmar and Charles Sacilotto it can be much …
Moving walls transform home into office in Tokyo apartment by Kirsten Dirksen on November 2, 2015 To avoid paying Tokyo rents for office space, architect Yuko Shibata created moving walls that allow her to switch between …
Post-zoning in Containertopia: SF factory of container homes by Kirsten Dirksen on October 26, 2015 When we first visited Luke Iseman and Heather Stewart on a formerly abandoned lot in West Oakland (CA), they were …
