Being outdoors all year without being outside: do courtyards make sense? by Nicolás Boullosa on March 4, 2026 From the Alhambra to California backyards, an ancient architectural typology shows how patios, plants, and water create microclimates, social space, …
They lived 3 years in a basement. Then built their dream backyard home by Kirsten Dirksen on February 10, 2026 For 3 years, Mai Tran and Le Pham lived in a 300-square-foot basement beneath the house they’d just bought in …
Couple encases brick farm inside greenhouse for indoor/outdoor all year by Kirsten Dirksen on June 22, 2025 On the windswept island of Mors in Northern Denmark, Anna Marie Madsen and Rasmus Møller have reimagined rural living by …
Mountaintop building was banned. Pulled off epic off-grid by Kirsten Dirksen on September 12, 2021 On a California mountaintop with no access to power, David Latimer created a deconstructed home from two wee homes on …
Container home brings high-end functions to tiny prefab market by Kirsten Dirksen on August 29, 2020 Concerned about the California housing market, friends Nate Garnero & Doug Burdge decided to make a high-end, prefab container home …