Dan Price’s underground home, art & philosophy on $5,000/year by Kirsten Dirksen on September 20, 2015 When Dan Price returned to his home state of Oregon in 1990 he was determined to avoid mortgages or rent …
Yuichi’s slim treehouse sways as a nest in Japanese cypress by Kirsten Dirksen on September 13, 2015 When builder/craftsman Yuichi Takeuchi was asked by a friend to build a treehouse as a second residence in Fujiyoshida– an …
€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 …
Native American wetu: a dome house preceding Bucky Fuller by Kirsten Dirksen on June 7, 2015 The Wampanoag people who lived along the U.S. East Coast built dome-shaped homes called wetus. The round shape was most …
What can be learned from a 17th century American town by Kirsten Dirksen on May 31, 2015 In Plymouth, Massachusetts- the site of the first English colony in America – Matteo Brault spends his days living a …
Converted van as full-time home for nomadic Canadian couple by Kirsten Dirksen on May 23, 2015 Mat and Danielle spent their first date bonding over Lloyd Kahn’s book “Home Work” and discussing their ideas for simplifying …
Lloyd Kahn on his NorCal self-reliant half-acre homestead by Kirsten Dirksen on May 18, 2015 At 80 years old, Lloyd Kahn is an icon of alternative housing. In the seventies he was a poster child …
Japanese-inspired charred wood tiny home in Ohio town by Kirsten Dirksen on April 6, 2015 When Alex Melamed and his wife moved to the traditional brick and mortar town of Yellow Springs, Ohio they built …
Life on the road: converted budget eurovan as trip home by Kirsten Dirksen on March 9, 2015 At 25 years old, Robin Raindropcatcher had never owned a car and didn’t have a driver’s license, but he dreamed …
Access to tools to help craft your self reliance by Kirsten Dirksen on January 18, 2015 “We are as gods and might as well get good at it,” wrote Stewart Brand in the first Whole Earth …