Universal home-kit builds homes & campers: if IKEA/LEGO had a baby by Kirsten Dirksen on March 5, 2023 Nick Newman helped design a modular construction system so anyone with just a mallet and a drill can build their …
Couldn’t build higher. His Dugout backyard home grew upside-down by Kirsten Dirksen on January 29, 2023 When David Hills and Deborah Saunt began plans to build a home in the backyard of a 19th-century house in …
Dietario de viaje: la Europa del Eurotúnel después de Brexit by Nicolás Boullosa on December 2, 2016 Recta final de 2016. Descartada la aburrida normalidad, las redes sociales son el termómetro de que acabamos de perder muchos …
Wardrobe surgery: upcycled clothing in London’s Hackney by Kirsten Dirksen on May 27, 2013 When they were teenagers in the late nineties, Kerry Seager and Annika Sanders wanted clothes that would make them look …
Tentsile tree tents: floating treehouses mimic spider webs by Kirsten Dirksen on April 16, 2013 Treehouse architect Alex Shirley-Smith wanted to create a portable treehouse, a kind of ready-made, floating shelter that could be assembled …
Simple living on a narrowboat home in West End London by Kirsten Dirksen on April 3, 2013 Emma Freemantle lives in pricey West End London (near Regent’s Park), but she could afford to buy her home because …
Minimal UK townhome blends glass, plywood, steel, concrete by Kirsten Dirksen on March 25, 2013 On an abandoned lot in South London, architect Carl Turner and his minimalist wife Mary Martin created a new type …
Ciudades, calidad de vida y huella ecológica by Nicolás Boullosa on October 2, 2009 Desde 2008, por primera vez hay más población en el mundo viviendo en la ciudad en entornos rurales, y para …
Flying: who's prepared for greener skies? by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 Air travel is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions and this hasn’t gone unnoticed: the Institute for Public …
One woman took on Starbucks… and the world listened by Kirsten Dirksen on October 17, 2008 This month Starbucks’ “green” image took a hit because one curious, and concerned, customer asked a simple question. When Lisa …
