Risk aversion getting in the way of essential breakthroughs by Nicolás Boullosa on June 23, 2022 It’s challenging to bring urgency to diffuse problems whose dire consequences happen over time, bringing fatalism to the situation —and …
He saved stone barn. Also built unreal villa under hillside by Kirsten Dirksen on June 19, 2022 Gorka Ibargoyen bought an abandoned stone housebarn in the Bera Valley of Navarre and wanted to expand it to fit …
An amateur’s take on building a cob house that ages well by Nicolás Boullosa on June 15, 2022 “Once a new technology rolls over you, if you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road,” has …
Friends build real castle from scratch with simple tools only by Kirsten Dirksen on June 12, 2022 Reality can beat the building frenzy in Minecraft, as seen in Guédelon Castle: in 1997, in a forest two hours …
Impermanence & patina: homes that learn to age with occupants by Nicolás Boullosa on June 8, 2022 Urban and personal decay don’t always go hand in hand. As life continues, empty nesters leave their big households for …
Delivery EV turned solar-powered campervan: 100% self-reliant by Kirsten Dirksen on June 7, 2022 Believing solar vehicles were feasible beyond the lightweight Aptera and Lightyear One cars, Joel Gregory Hayes wanted to create an …
Tinkering with post-industrial scraps to innovate in housing by Nicolás Boullosa on June 1, 2022 Thomas Edison defined discontent as the first necessity of progress. Optimism and progress are naïve constructions of non-conformists who believe …
Their RV wasn’t up to code. Built Invisible Home instead by Kirsten Dirksen on May 28, 2022 Film producers Chris and Roberta Hanley (American Psycho, Virgin Suicides) dropped a tiny prefab onto their Joshua Tree land to …
Guerrillas improving cities: intentional, bottom-up urbanism by Nicolás Boullosa on May 26, 2022 As we grow up, those who manage not to fall for cynicism and good ol’ fatalism realize that the things …
Turned abandoned Alpine farm into low-budget Herbal Homestead by Kirsten Dirksen on May 22, 2022 Michelle Dresing had long dreamed of moving to the countryside where she could collect the herbs for her natural skin …
