Med student turns small van into ideal dorm on wheels, $14K total by Kirsten Dirksen on April 7, 2024 Ethan Liebross didn’t want to take out more loans for medical school so he decided to convert a 2015 Ford Transit …
Biokabin: our modular eco-home to snap & build in backyard, Nature by Kirsten Dirksen on March 31, 2024 People have asked us over the years, “if you were to build a simple home, what would it look like?” …
Gaudí’s Sagrada Família: tribute to Nature of a modern anti-modern by Nicolás Boullosa on March 27, 2024 Lack of meaning, short attention span, atomization… The modern world can feel senseless. With an endeavor spanning several generations, Barcelonians …
At 22, buys & customizes lofted home in Pocket Neighborhood on a budget by Kirsten Dirksen on March 24, 2024 Christian Curry was the first of his friends to buy a home. At just 22, he bought a 600-square-foot starter …
Does an increase in social housing keep cities affordable? Not always by Nicolás Boullosa on March 20, 2024 In Vienna, a large social housing stock keeps overall housing costs down. In Paris, not so much. The year of …
Professor-turned-farmer’s Circular Home perches over ideal live-work homestead by Kirsten Dirksen on March 17, 2024 Mitch Marks bought agricultural land on The Big Island of Hawaii in 1990 and years later when he was retiring …
Productive idleness? from the Roman “otium” to no-screen nights by Nicolás Boullosa on March 13, 2024 Or, why quality downtime might be the secret superpower of high achievers, healthy people who don’t need to show off …
Builds Quonset bunkers for a living. Lives in Dome Home in the woods by Kirsten Dirksen on March 10, 2024 David builds underground Quonset huts, so when he saw a rundown Monolithic Dome for sale, he bought it and began …
It didn’t just start: genealogy of resentment & self-righteousness by Nicolás Boullosa on March 6, 2024 From frustration to self-righteousness: here’s a look at the genealogy of resentment in the so-called Culture Wars —and what youth …
Young couple self-builds hempcrete home with innovative compost toilet by Kirsten Dirksen on March 3, 2024 When Nil and Olivia found an affordable plot in picturesque Garrotxa, Catalonia, they quickly bought it and began to build …
