€1,000 small home built in 100 hours from open source design by Kirsten Dirksen on July 6, 2015 Designer Ryan Frank wanted a semi-mobile home for a small plot in a “sensitive area” in Spain. He thought about …
Extreme weather house boat floats in Silicon Valley backyard by Kirsten Dirksen on September 29, 2014 A couple years ago Chris Robinson was a former Facebook and PayPal art director with no boat-building (nor sailing) experience. …
Portable, green-roofed crafty studio of Lake Tahoe builders by Kirsten Dirksen on July 28, 2014 When brothers Tyler and Shaun Bratt began building a structure in their front yard they had plans for a sauna, …
Art of living in a Dordogne’s tiny mud home with living roof by Kirsten Dirksen on May 15, 2014 In a small forest in France’s Dordogne, self-taught carpenter Menthé built his home with a living roof and mud walls, …
French carpenters craft off-grid hamlet of tiny dwellings by Kirsten Dirksen on May 12, 2014 A few years ago, a group of carpenters (and friends) began building tiny homes on a property in southwest France …
Skinny Portland prefab home stacks space to fit family of 3 by Kirsten Dirksen on March 10, 2014 When Matt Kirkpatrick and Katherine Bovee bought a half-sized lot in Portland, Oregon, instead of filling the reduced area with …
Tiny home packs storage stairs, 2 lofts, tub in 136 sq ft by Kirsten Dirksen on February 10, 2014 Julie Olson needed a traveling home for her mobile dog training business. With no architecture training, she drew up plans …
Livework family of 3: small home-studio DIY revamp by Kirsten Dirksen on February 3, 2014 Architect Sarah Deeds used to live alone with her cat in a 700 square foot attic floor apartment. To create …
Colorado portable tiny house + Airstream-ish portable office by Kirsten Dirksen on January 27, 2014 Ann Holley wanted to create an off-grid, transportable tiny house that would be technically an RV, but with an aesthetic …
Summer of (family) love: tiny home VW-roadtrip documentary by Kirsten Dirksen on January 5, 2014 One of the most elusive goals in life is determining just what you need to live. As co-founders of a …
