Housing crisis + plastic overflow = prefab made of used bottles by Kirsten Dirksen on September 10, 2023 Could two separate events, the housing crisis & plastic pollution, converge in a project to build homes? One LA-based startup …
Wright Brothers to Ivo Zdarsky: Nature of makeshift aviation by Nicolás Boullosa on September 7, 2023 British historian and essayist Peter Frankopan opens his recent book The Earth Transformed (an attempt to write about the human …
Granny felt lonely. Her new backyard home has her relatives knocking by Kirsten Dirksen on September 3, 2023 Alice Marozas had been living alone in a 5-bedroom home since the death of her husband 7 years earlier when …
In a year of extreme weather events, past cataclysms help learn by Nicolás Boullosa on August 30, 2023 The Perito Moreno Glacier dam rupture is a recurrent partial collapse over the Brazo Rico and Brazo Sur branches of …
Steep lot was unbuildable. He raised retro-futuristic home over lake by Kirsten Dirksen on August 27, 2023 Robert Oshatz believes a house should fit the land and its residents, so his homes are all a bit fantastic. …
Going barefoot can improve mood & health (like forest bathing) by Nicolás Boullosa on August 23, 2023 When Patti Smith released “Dancing Barefoot” as the second single of her album “Wave,” she was onto something. She dedicated …
From D-Day to Bohemian houseboat: life in WWII Normandy landing craft by Kirsten Dirksen on August 21, 2023 World War II saw the quick development of amphibious boats capable of landing on shallow waters to allow quick deployments …
Macroalgae forests boost exquisite (& healthy) food like nori & kombu by Nicolás Boullosa on August 17, 2023 When we think of vast, majestic forests, all we can see are rainforests, boreal forests, or even the last primeval …
Neighbors didn’t like quirky home. Then they visited & fell in love by Kirsten Dirksen on August 13, 2023 Breeze Braunschweig and her husband Kartik Ramachandran don’t see their home as an asset, but as an experience, so when …
In the energy & mobility transformation, solutions come with a catch by Nicolás Boullosa on August 10, 2023 Small actions to solve complex problems can feel like drops of water on a sea of too-big-to-fix issues, an ocean …
