Building ecovillage of storm-proof homes made of bone-like biomaterial by Kirsten Dirksen on November 3, 2024 On a rural property on the slopes of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, Morgan Bierschenk and his team have been refining …
Couldn’t afford the city. They got Starter Homestead in Vermont by Kirsten Dirksen on July 7, 2024 Taylor and Tatum were living in a “roach-infested box” in New York City when they found a home with 2.65 …
At 22, buys & customizes lofted home in Pocket Neighborhood on a budget by Kirsten Dirksen on March 24, 2024 Christian Curry was the first of his friends to buy a home. At just 22, he bought a 600-square-foot starter …
Builds open-plan home by hand with Japanese-inspired carpentry by Kirsten Dirksen on April 24, 2023 Tim Seggerman bought a rundown shack in rural New Jersey with the goal of building a house out of simple …
U-Build hands-on: a flat-pack modular home you can assemble by Kirsten Dirksen on April 24, 2021 U-Build is a modular construction system even completely inexperienced builders can assemble with simple hand tools. The flat-pack kit is …
2 greenhouses and 3 containers in wasteland become dream home by Kirsten Dirksen on September 16, 2018 Twenty years ago architect Patrick Partouche wanted to build an affordable home for his family on an undeveloped piece of …
Berlin architect turns silo into spaceship-esque home-as-art by Kirsten Dirksen on November 6, 2017 After two years of living in a camper with his young daughter, architect Jan Körbes wanted something better suited to …
Bill Lilly uses containers to rebuild a burnt Oxford MS home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 30, 2017 Since Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi builder Bill Lilly had been drafting ideas for building on the foundations of disaster so when …
Vocational builder designs unique tiny home from old RV by Kirsten Dirksen on September 10, 2017 When Joe Weissbeck lost his property in 2009, he began converting a rundown RV- purchased for $350- into a one-of-a-kind …
Architect’s simple dream home in AZ’s saguaro cactus forest by Kirsten Dirksen on March 30, 2015 When architect Michael P. Johnson prepared to design his wife’s dream home in the middle of a saguaro cactus forest …
