Lives in 14m2 bedroom-turned-apartment. Wears 40K tattoos by Kirsten Dirksen on April 24, 2022 Alfredo Meschi converted a 14m2 living room (150 square feet) into a home for only 2000 euros by using recycled …
How access to water, pools & streams can improve homes/towns by Nicolás Boullosa on April 21, 2022 Christopher Alexander states in #64 of his “pattern languages” for architecture and urbanism that “We need constant access to water, …
Couple’s modern home behaves like an old village by the river by Kirsten Dirksen on April 17, 2022 Cristina Manene and Fernando Orte wanted a home to escape the city, but that would still provide reminders of village …
Our complicated relation with nature: a quest for biophilic homes by Nicolás Boullosa on April 13, 2022 Back in the summer of 2010, concerned about how drought and water scarcity were developing in California, we headed from …
Oldtimer got wild rocky land, started NorCal off-grid Watertopia by Kirsten Dirksen on April 11, 2022 Dwight Streamfellow was a college junior when he bought a piece of cheap river-front land to start a homestead. He …
Contextuality: the intricate bonds between things big & small by Nicolás Boullosa on April 6, 2022 German writer Hermann Hesse introduces Siddhartha to the reader as the son of a brahmin called to inherit his father’s …
Drained water tank becomes curved, earthship-like sunken home by Kirsten Dirksen on April 3, 2022 Miguel Royo wanted to preserve the old well and cistern on his family property by turning it into a home. …
Humanity’s playful, long-held passion for underground dwellings by Nicolás Boullosa on March 30, 2022 In Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodóvar’s autobiographical movie, we feel entitled to go back to the director’s idealized childhood. We …
Desert dream home quest in Bluff: locally sourced, passive A/C by Kirsten Dirksen on March 28, 2022 On the valley floor beneath the dramatic sandstone cliffs of Bluff, Utah, emerging builders have spent over two decades erecting …
The Shack: how a forester kickstarted restorative farmsteading by Nicolás Boullosa on March 23, 2022 “Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know-how. …
