LA tests Dutch/Japanese pocket communities. Skeptics like it by Kirsten Dirksen on November 15, 2021 When Barbara Bestor was tasked with turning 5 mostly-abandoned lots into 18 homes in LA’s Echo Park, she knew the …
Wanted common area for people, not cars. Built a Pocket Hood by Kirsten Dirksen on October 10, 2021 On an empty lot next door to a popular craft brewery, the Blockhouse team wanted to build housing that would …
Can backyard tiny homes solve CA’s affordable housing need? by Kirsten Dirksen on March 24, 2019 Looking for a local solution to the California housing shortage, Clovis city planners bypassed legalizing tiny houses on wheels for …
How 16 containers became 8 wanted market-rate Phoenix condos by Kirsten Dirksen on September 12, 2016 On an old used car lot in Phoenix, architects Brian Stark and Wesley James placed 16 used shipping containers and …
