Arizona’s autonomous home: entirely off-grid, no hookups needed by Kirsten Dirksen on November 24, 2024 Brian Stark’s Sparkboxes can add a fully functional home to your backyard—or a remote location—in just one day, with no …
Sonoma County’s innocent self-building days: Jenine’s $3,500 rolling home by Nicolás Boullosa on November 20, 2024 When tracing the roots of backyard cottages (Accessory Dwelling Units, ADUs), renegade builders of tiny houses in Sonoma engaged the …
Tenant couldn’t afford city. Their alleyway studio made him stay by Kirsten Dirksen on October 20, 2024 More and more families living in urban and suburban setups across California are slowly turning their single-family homes into lots …
Friends couldn’t afford rent. Pooled together to buy homes instead by Kirsten Dirksen on September 22, 2024 Phil Levin and Kristen Berman wanted to live near their friends, but they didn’t want to sacrifice their privacy, so …
In LA, 50s garage becomes ideal backyard home with precise built-ins by Kirsten Dirksen on April 28, 2024 A Hollywood writer/director wanted to turn his rundown garage behind his LA home into a home/studio that could fulfill many …
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?” …
Retro-futuristic ADU sits atop old Austin bungalow, freeing backyard by Kirsten Dirksen on November 12, 2023 An Austin couple wanted to add on to their small two-bedroom bungalow, but they didn’t want to move out and …
Couple’s attic apartment is kaleidoscope of nooks & skylights 🍕 by Kirsten Dirksen on October 29, 2023 Sam Ciccarelli and Rosie Dooley live in a kaleidoscopic attic home that is a maze of triangles, tunneled bedrooms and …
She used commercial materials to build dream 2-story ADU for $30K by Kirsten Dirksen on October 1, 2023 Christi Azevedo has spent years machining metal to make furniture so when she wanted to build a fast, fire-resistant, easily-configurable …
Granny felt lonely. Her new backyard home has her relatives knocking by Kirsten Dirksen on September 3, 2023 Alice Marozas had been living alone in a 5-bedroom home since the death of her husband 7 years earlier when …
