Pittsburgh incremental house: affordable home expands with owner by Kirsten Dirksen on January 26, 2020 “While we have, in Pittsburgh, autonomous vehicles driving around the city, we’re still building homes with a hammer and a …
Old West train depot revives as home near Roosevelt’s Medora by Kirsten Dirksen on December 31, 2019 Fargo-residents Nykky and Josh were visiting a friend in Luverne, North Dakota when they saw a house for sale for …
Turning a garage into an in-law unit as empty nest alternative by Kirsten Dirksen on December 15, 2019 Stacy Lince’s family of four and her widowed mother, Lee Reich, were paying a collective $4,000 per month (and rising) …
Alleyway home in Toronto makes room splitting into 5 levels by Kirsten Dirksen on December 1, 2019 Toronto is the fastest growing city in North America, but rather than simply grow up and out, city planners are …
Oakland college program shows how to build your own tiny house by Kirsten Dirksen on June 16, 2019 In Carpentry 221, Laney College students build a tiny house in two semesters. The Digital Fabrication class first designs and …
LA startup offers custom small prefabs adapted to area code by Kirsten Dirksen on June 2, 2019 In 2017, California lawmakers forced cities to relax their regulations on backyard units; Alexis Rivas and Jemuel Joseph were ready …
Swedish-inspired backyard cottage works as secluded oasis home by Kirsten Dirksen on May 19, 2019 Su Pang loves travel and traditional Swedish cottages. In 2013, she had a little-used 5000-square-foot backyard subject to relaxed building …
Can backyard tiny homes solve CA’s affordable housing need? by Kirsten Dirksen on March 24, 2019 Looking for a local solution to the California housing shortage, Clovis city planners bypassed legalizing tiny houses on wheels for …
Bottom-up urbanism solves urgent housing needs in CA vicinity by Kirsten Dirksen on February 3, 2019 When Johnny Sanphillippo wanted to upsize his 700-square-foot home in Sonoma County, California, he discovered that a legal backyard cottage …
Vina Lustado’s home-office using 2 tiny houses in “L” + deck by Kirsten Dirksen on August 27, 2018 When Vina Lustado moved into the 140-square-foot home on wheels she and her husband Cliff had built (for $40,000) in …
