Couple’s indoor-outdoor natural life: underground pipes, double stove & cork by Kirsten Dirksen on October 11, 2026 A Swedish-Spanish couple turned an inefficient 1980s stucco house in a small Costa Blanca town into a bio-home that heats, …
He turned fixer-upper hidden in French village maze into foot-only oasis by Kirsten Dirksen on October 6, 2026 After starting a family, Olivier Neveu left city life and bought an old townhouse hidden in his historic village’s maze …
Full city of airtight wood buildings planned near Stockholm by Nicolás Boullosa on July 9, 2023 Modern timber buildings can be cheap, green, and fireproof. It wasn’t the case in Medieval times when density, open fireplaces, …
Turns drafty townhome into tranquil Cork Passive House by Kirsten Dirksen on March 19, 2023 To insulate a drafty, rundown home in Barcelona while making it as healthy as possible and also “perfectly integrated into …
The Burrow sunken home reflects zen garden as tranquil hideout by Kirsten Dirksen on March 20, 2022 With Madrid rents too high for young architects Ignacio and Pilar, they decided to turn their studio into a stealthy …
Cork-clad home uses Trombe Wall & circular vents as free A/C by Kirsten Dirksen on November 9, 2021 When Nancy and her husband found a lot at the edge of Catalonia’s Garraf forest, they wanted a home that …
