The housing ladder broke ages ago. What can prefab & modular do? by Nicolás Boullosa on January 29, 2026 Blame interest rates. Blame investors. Easier than admitting America stopped building enough homes, never modernized construction, and quietly relies on …
Normal until it breaks: A modern life with few redundancies by Nicolás Boullosa on January 10, 2026 How car crashes, blackouts, and bureaucratic glitches reveal the fragility of our optimized world—and why resilience now means living with …
Go West (conditions apply): the New Frontier is not a place but a gut feeling by Nicolás Boullosa on August 22, 2025 The American Dream was once a horizon, not a gated path. It carried a collective promise. But living in places …
4 generations, 4 homes, 1 lot: Vancouver family builds own private neighborhood by Kirsten Dirksen on January 5, 2025 To help their kids afford housing in the Vancouver area, John and Kathleen Higgins demolished their family home of three …
Tenant couldn’t afford L.A. An alleyway studio made him stay by Kirsten Dirksen on October 20, 2024 More and more families living in urban and suburban setups across California are slowly turning their single-family homes into lots …
This home goes up like a Coachella modular build: fast/cheap by Kirsten Dirksen on January 23, 2021 When the Woolsey Fire burnt down their home in 2018, Molly and Ed Murphy wanted a house that would go …
