359 Rotating Home follows the sun like a sunflower by Kirsten Dirksen on August 13, 2017 Ben Kaiser’s 359 house can be rotated by just one person- or two kids- pushing a bar and walking around …
On turning a former Alpine garage into an elegant modern cabin by Kirsten Dirksen on March 5, 2017 When architects Gianmatteo Romegialli and Erika Gaggia saw their friend Carlo “Dino” Marchetti’s garage with the gorgeous views of the …
Porto’s cramped hayloft becomes tiny, daylit modern studio by Kirsten Dirksen on December 11, 2016 When Portuguese architect Florêncio da Costa was asked to turn an old hayloft into a guesthouse, he created a clean, …
Virgil unbound: Italian Alps ruin becomes dream budget home by Kirsten Dirksen on November 13, 2016 When his wife inherited a ruined stable in Italy’s Orobic Alps, architect Alfredo Vanotti reinvisioned the space as a family home, …
Modern cabin hangs like a treehouse over Acadian New England by Kirsten Dirksen on November 6, 2016 Maricela Salas and Mary McGoff admit they were “naive” about buying raw land before making their purchase of a hillside …
Medieval granary-on-stilts becomes tiny summer cabin in Spain by Kirsten Dirksen on September 5, 2016 In Northern Spain, small farmers have stored their crops in “hórreos”- a granary raised on pillars – since medieval times …
Tiny huts to enjoy the basics in Swedish spartan rural lodge by Kirsten Dirksen on May 22, 2016 For more than 400 years, charcoaling had been traditional industry in the area surrounding Skinnskatteberg, Sweden. Locals burnt charcoal for …
Philosopher’s hut deep in the fjord: Wittgenstein in Norway by Kirsten Dirksen on April 10, 2016 Over 100 years ago, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein went to the fjords of Norway to escape the scholarly world of Cambridge. …
Small wooden studio tucked away in calm forest near Barcelona by Kirsten Dirksen on March 6, 2016 Tasked with building a tiny studio in the hills outside Barcelona, architect Pablo Serrano Elorduy created an all-wooden shelter stunning …
Vipp Shelter tiny prefab as precise industrial-era appliance by Kirsten Dirksen on November 29, 2015 The Danish company VIPP (known for its iconic 1939 wastebasket, now in the MOMA) has created a prefab tiny home …