Scandinavian Naturhus: a house inside a house as a fractal for the future by Nicolás Boullosa on September 9, 2026 What kids’ forts, Ron Eglash’s fractal villages, and a Swedish A-frame have in common. “All happy families are alike; each …
The man who plants the rain: water harvester Brad Lancaster’s urban oasis by Nicolás Boullosa on July 17, 2026 Thirty years after his first illegal curb cut, a desert neighborhood cools its streets with a million gallons of monsoon …
Homesteading from the Homestead Act to YouTube. A real American Dream? by Nicolás Boullosa on February 19, 2026 The tools changed from axe and almanac to solar and smartphones, but the old wager remains: live deliberately, outside the …
At 22, buys & customizes lofted home in Pocket Neighborhood on a budget by Kirsten Dirksen on March 24, 2024 Christian Curry was the first of his friends to buy a home. At just 22, he bought a 600-square-foot starter …
Human waste economy: humanure, diaper-derived concrete & more by Nicolás Boullosa on May 24, 2023 When in 1837 Ignaz Semmelweis left his merchant family from Budapest to study Law in Vienna, he was already known …
Didn’t use garage, turned it into his parents’ modern home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 24, 2021 To convert a garage into a home, Ramiro Losada-Amor left the structure untouched and dropped a birch box inside to …
Tiny boat home packs sunroom & dock in remote kayakers’ lake by Kirsten Dirksen on October 13, 2019 To reach the Iloft floating cabin, you drive five hours north from Montreal to Quebec’s third-largest lake and then kayak …
Modern home in Mexican plateau revives ancient water harvest by Kirsten Dirksen on February 10, 2019 In the slope of Tepozteco Mountain in an area called Meztitla (Náhuatl for “place near the moon”), Casa Meztitla is in …
Stockholm family wraps home in greenhouse to warm up weather by Kirsten Dirksen on November 10, 2015 The average temperature in Stockholm in January is -3°C (27°F). For Marie Granmar and Charles Sacilotto it can be much …
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 …
