Young couple builds cozy home with indoor garden for $30K (Denmark) by Kirsten Dirksen on July 24, 2024 When David Westervik left the Norwegian coastal city of Bergen to study architecture in Aarhus, Denmark, he decided to live …
Being optimistic despite the gerontocraZy may feel revolutionary by Nicolás Boullosa on July 18, 2024 The zeitgeist had a recipe for us in July. It’s a dish served cold. It includes sports, polarization, and tension …
They turn old trucks into 100% solar-powered homes on wheels: No need of 🔌 by Kirsten Dirksen on July 14, 2024 Brett and Kira Belan have spent the past decade transforming old vehicles into solar-powered campers. Their journey with Solarolla began …
Engineering Eden: lessons from remote Fordlândia 100 years later by Nicolás Boullosa on July 11, 2024 Henry Ford sought to control his rubber supply by building Fordlândia, a model community in the Amazon. But transplanting the …
Couldn’t afford the city. They got Starter Homestead in Vermont by Kirsten Dirksen on July 7, 2024 Taylor and Tatum were living in a “roach-infested box” in New York City when they found a home with 2.65 …
Unofficial history of databases, from tally sticks to passports by Nicolás Boullosa on July 4, 2024 Humans have managed to store information in different formats to avoid the fallibility of memory. However, keeping track of life, …
Old schoolhouse sat abandoned. Couple turns it into dream home by Kirsten Dirksen on June 30, 2024 The 19th-century one-room schoolhouse in Weare, New Hampshire, sat vacant for 15 years before Kreg and Danielle Jones wandered down …
Before vanlife: revisiting the quest for meaning & “home” in transience by Nicolás Boullosa on June 26, 2024 Life on the road is all about transience. Unsurprisingly, a country forged by a narrative around pioneers moving west feels …
Property sat 7 years unsold. She created dream underground villa by Kirsten Dirksen on June 23, 2024 When Jennava Laska first visited the underground home for sale in Nashville, Tennessee it had been on the market for …
From Woodstock, VT to Concord, MA: the birth of (one idea of) a nation by Nicolás Boullosa on June 18, 2024 As a heatwave pummels the eastern US, here’s a fresh view of our impressions of visiting some charming cities and …
