Natural building vindication: climate, comfort, health, budget by Kirsten Dirksen on September 25, 2010 Until relatively recently we all built our homes from local, unprocessed materials (i.e. stone, wood, straw, earth). Then came the …
128-sq-foot tiny house on wheels made from salvage by Kirsten Dirksen on August 23, 2010 Jenine Alexander built her own home using reclaimed materials she found at the dump or off craigslist. Total cost: the …
DIY vintage tiny home for less than $3500: meet Jenine Alexander by Kirsten Dirksen on August 22, 2010 In a town where the median home price is over half a million dollars, Jenine Alexander decided to build her …
Mountain man’s salvaged home walkthru: Black Kettle’s Idaho life by Kirsten Dirksen on August 16, 2010 “Black Kettle”, a self-described “mountain man”, hasn’t lived in a home since 1974 which might explain why he chose to …
The paradox of green building according to a green builder by Kirsten Dirksen on March 11, 2010 Juli Capella has designed hotels with massive solar roofs and office buildings with living facades, but he doesn’t believe in …
Dematerialization: products with less atoms and more service by Kirsten Dirksen on March 1, 2010 “Do you know what the definitive solution for the world is?,” asks Spanish designer and architect Juli Capella. “I do,” …
A post-capitalist vision of design: happiness, not sales by Kirsten Dirksen on March 1, 2010 Many of us see design as a luxury, elitist or something to drive sales. That, according to Spanish architect Juli …
Passive solar glass home: beauty of watching the sun move by Kirsten Dirksen on January 21, 2010 Back in the late seventies when Cliff Butler was ready to build his dream home, he was looking for one …
Energy-efficient, affordable tiny cob home for modern hobbits by Kirsten Dirksen on November 10, 2009 It’s estimated that half of the world’s population lives in earth buildings, but for many countries this type of architecture …
Thoreau’s cabin redux: tiny homes and happiness by Kirsten Dirksen on November 4, 2009 Henry David Thoreau went to live in a 150-square-foot cabin in the woods because he “wished to live deliberately, to …
