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 Cabin ANNA by Dutch designer Caspar Schols is a 300-square-foot cabin with sliding walls that can stretch to 500 —solarium …
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 …
Their RV wasn’t up to code. Built Invisible Home instead by Kirsten Dirksen on May 28, 2022 Film producers Chris and Roberta Hanley (American Psycho, Virgin Suicides) dropped a tiny prefab onto their Joshua Tree land to …
Guerrillas improving cities: intentional, bottom-up urbanism by Nicolás Boullosa on May 26, 2022 As we grow up, those who manage not to fall for cynicism and good ol’ fatalism realize that the things …
Didn’t use garage, turned it into his parents’ modern home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 24, 2021 To convert a garage into a home, Ramiro Losada-Amor left the structure untouched and dropped a birch box inside to …
3D-Printed in 24h, no waste. Price to fall as builds ramp-up by Kirsten Dirksen on September 19, 2021 Up to now, construction has relied on rigid techniques that usually create big amounts of waste. By adding material instead …
Built a backyard Yome (yurt + dome) to stay in San Francisco by Kirsten Dirksen on September 5, 2021 When Ava Rosen first slept in a yome – a hybrid between a yurt and geodesic dome – she fell …