Could Quiet Van be healthier than Home? His story might surprise you by Kirsten Dirksen on January 26, 2025 In Southern California, where wildfires and housing shortages displaced countless residents, alternative living options like RVs and vans are more …
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 …
Business districts reinvented? Downtown LA from the 80s to now by Nicolás Boullosa on August 29, 2024 Unlike the backtothelanders from the 60s-70s, the 80s yuppies revered office work and lively downtowns. When the digital world upends …
Living car-free in the Arizona desert: inside Culdesac Tempe (full walkthru) by Kirsten Dirksen on February 12, 2024 Just outside sprawling Phoenix, a car-free neighborhood built from scratch has gone up, the first one of its kind in …
Backyard prefab blended perfectly. So she installed it in front by Kirsten Dirksen on June 25, 2023 Jennifer Til’s family home in Silicon Valley sits on a big wide lot perfect for adding a second house, but …
TX teacher builds space-saving container home at materials cost by Kirsten Dirksen on June 4, 2023 Micah Woods taught woodshop and welding to high school students, but he dreamed of using his skills to build his …
Dignifying urban/rural lives: decentralization done right by Nicolás Boullosa on September 13, 2021 Recently, someone brought up this logical paradox: most people who are urban are not elites. And most “urban elites” grew …
Built a backyard Yome (yurt + dome) to stay in San Francisco by Kirsten Dirksen on September 5, 2021 When Ava Rosen first slept in a yome – a hybrid between a yurt and geodesic dome – she fell …
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 …
Pittsburgh incremental house: affordable home expands with owner by Kirsten Dirksen on January 26, 2020 “While we have, in Pittsburgh, autonomous vehicles driving around the city, we’re still building homes with a hammer and a …
