Turning dark & narrow apartment into luminous, plant-filled home oasis by Kirsten Dirksen on June 5, 2025 In the heart of Barcelona’s Eixample district, a long, narrow apartment—typical of the city’s early 20th-century “shotgun” floor plans—has been …
Solar sailing & the spirit of Walden: charging with the sun, thinking with Thoreau by Nicolás Boullosa on June 5, 2025 A journey that began with a baby in a pouch, a college dorm bed, and Thoreau’s pond. From solar cars …
Life-Changing Homes for healing, personal growth & starting over 👉🌱 by Kirsten Dirksen on June 1, 2025 Life-Changing Homes is a book for people in transition—those starting over, downsizing, dreaming bigger, or simply rethinking what “home” can …
Book launch dispatches: In praise of unrushed stories & Life-Changing Homes by Nicolás Boullosa on May 29, 2025 Step inside homes that transformed lives. Discover stories that linger, not scroll past. It is a book for readers who …
He excavated earth-sheltered home of dry stone into rugged seacliff by Kirsten Dirksen on May 25, 2025 Dug into the mountainside and built with the very earth excavated to make space for it, Xerolithi House is a …
Echoes across the water: the San Francisco Bay islands by Nicolás Boullosa on May 22, 2025 From Dumas’ Château d’If (Marseilles) to Alcatraz and Angel Island in the Bay Area, islands have long mirrored society’s fears, …
Family-style ecovillage is co-housing at heart of huge food-forest 🥗 by Kirsten Dirksen on May 19, 2025 In the lush rainforest of Hawai’i’s Big Island, a small group of people has created a way of life that’s …
Collapse and anti-collapse: quiet power of self-organizing to build things by Nicolás Boullosa on May 14, 2025 A cult sci-fi saga returns to spotlight our obsession with collapse. But not all places spiral downward. Pepe Mujica’s passing …
Tetris founder’s family village is collapse-proof, remote offgrid-topia by Kirsten Dirksen on May 11, 2025 High in the hills of Hawaii’s Big Island, Henk Rogers—best known for bringing Tetris to the world—is taking on a …
Urban vs. suburban vs. countryside: family setups as kids grow older by Nicolás Boullosa on May 8, 2025 In the rhythm of errands and chance encounters, streets offer more than transit—they host a choreography of connection and meaning. …
