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 …
Backyard prefab blended perfectly. So she installed it in front by Kirsten Dirksen on June 25, 2023 Jennifer Til’s family home in Silicon Valley sits on a big wide lot perfect for adding a second house, but …
Sliding home enlarges with railed-walls, underfloor bed & tub reveal by Kirsten Dirksen on May 28, 2023 Caspar Schols built his first shapeshifting house in his mother’s backyard as her writing cabin that, by sliding a room-on-rails, …
LA family turns unused garage into small home Oasis (before/after) by Kirsten Dirksen on February 26, 2023 They were running out of space in their two-bedroom bungalow for a family of four, a home office, and frequent …
Couldn’t build higher. His Dugout backyard home grew upside-down by Kirsten Dirksen on January 29, 2023 When David Hills and Deborah Saunt began plans to build a home in the backyard of a 19th-century house in …
Small prefab backyard home feels more livable than McMansions by Kirsten Dirksen on September 11, 2022 John Geary grew up watching his father build big homes in the San Francisco Bay Area where it can take …