Creation & self-actualization for artists, architects, & builders of all sorts by Nicolás Boullosa on September 4, 2024 Houses are square, and all that matters is functional, he was told. But James Hubbell had a different vision, building …
Young architect’s Fairy-Tale home inspired by Nature’s spirals: awe inside 🐚 by Kirsten Dirksen on December 4, 2023 The Bloomhouse seems to erupt or grow from the ground, leaving no straight lines. It was actually hand-sculpted over the …
End of shop class, and what it means for (most-needed) manual trades by Nicolás Boullosa on March 16, 2022 In the summer of 2006, Mathew B. Crawford had the urge to explain what was happening to “shop class” across …
Designing stuff that matters: on quality, tools, and Nature by Nicolás Boullosa on September 8, 2021 Around five years ago, Kirsten received an email from many related to potential stories on whimsical houses, high-yield organic farms, …
We needed simple furniture. This is our Spartan transformer system by Kirsten Dirksen on August 29, 2021 To furnish an old country home in a 12th Century town, we wanted to create the minimal expression of furniture …
Went homeless. Done Guerrilla Grazing by choice ever since by Kirsten Dirksen on August 15, 2021 Aaron Fletcher has grazed his sheep and lived off the land as a traveling shepherd for 12 years. He calls …
The Call of the (DIY) Wild: tips on achieving wood mastery by Kirsten Dirksen on February 27, 2021 For photographer/woodworker Andrew Szeto, it all started with skateboarding. As a semi-pro, he was getting injured a lot and wanted …
Ancient church becomes unique home-studio for Basque artist by Kirsten Dirksen on October 24, 2020 When Tas Careaga first saw his 16th-century church it was advertised for sale as a “land plot with building in …
Found a derelict Portuguese hamlet. Settled in to revive it by Kirsten Dirksen on March 15, 2020 “Now, the rural is the revolutionary” – José Luis Peixoto Pedro Pedrosa and his wife Sofia left city life over …
A bedroom to skate, climb & sleep-on-trees in tiny Paris flat by Kirsten Dirksen on January 19, 2020 Elisio Tiúba grew up surfing and playing outdoors in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil so when he began to raise his sons …
