The elephant’s belly: an urchin living inside Napoleon’s monument by Nicolás Boullosa on January 15, 2026 Some monuments were never meant to be inhabited. Yet in 19th-century Paris, a child lived inside the hollow body of …
Got factory ruin. Now builds Nordic prefab homes with industrial precision by Kirsten Dirksen on December 28, 2025 A few months ago, we visited Vipp and met its founder and owner, Jette Egelund, who gave us a full …
Bought a cement factory, turned it into an enchanted palace by Kirsten Dirksen on May 8, 2016 When architect Ricardo Bofill discovered an abandoned cement factory outside Barcelona, he was inspired to give the place a new …
8 micro-studios reassembled as Cubist family home in Japan by Kirsten Dirksen on January 4, 2016 With most of their micro-studios unrented, a family in Chiba, Japan was ready to demolish their 8-unit apartment building, but …
