Function after form: from old auto repair to live/work space by Kirsten Dirksen on May 14, 2017 Two decades ago, architects David Yocum and Brian Bell were new to Atlanta and looking for an abandoned building that …
Dan Phillips turns backyard scraps in whimsical Texan houses by Kirsten Dirksen on April 4, 2017 Transforming wine corks and bottle caps into flooring, cow bones into countertops, frame samples into ceilings, and old deck boards …
Forsaken Main Street as affordable new Frontier: Water Valley by Kirsten Dirksen on January 22, 2017 Less than a decade ago, Water Valley, Mississippi was a forgotten small town: there were 18 empty storefronts lining its …
Post-zoning in Containertopia: SF factory of container homes by Kirsten Dirksen on October 26, 2015 When we first visited Luke Iseman and Heather Stewart on a formerly abandoned lot in West Oakland (CA), they were …
Rust Belt rebirth: a $17,500 Cincinnati old home renewal by Kirsten Dirksen on June 29, 2015 It’s become difficult to afford urban living in places like San Francisco, New York or even Portland, but there is …
A spaghetti western on lean urbanism (documentary) by Kirsten Dirksen on May 11, 2015 What makes a good shelter? For thousands of years we’ve been attempting to regulate the idea. Even the bible had …
A spaghetti western on lean urbanism (documentary trailer) by Kirsten Dirksen on May 3, 2015 It’s undeniable that building codes save lives, but something has changed in the past couple of decades. Now, thanks to …
Stacked cargo containers in New Haven’s “LEGO” apartments by Kirsten Dirksen on December 1, 2014 Christian Salvati of Marengo Structures thinks shipping containers make great building blocks and in time, he hopes it will become an affordable …
Containertopia: cargo container tinyhome town on Oakland lot by Kirsten Dirksen on October 20, 2014 Luke Iseman and Heather Stewart were tired of paying San Francisco rents and had always dreamt of living in a …
Creating pop-up neighborhoods & installs with containers by Kirsten Dirksen on March 17, 2014 James Alfandre comes from a family of real estate developers (his maternal ancestors helped settle the Salt Lake Valley). He …
