House was gloomy. Now it’s dream modern home that friends crash in by Kirsten Dirksen on January 14, 2024 The home with “the circus tent roof” sat on the market for 6 years before Isabella and Diogo visited its …
Modern building, ancient A/C: wind-tunnel facade cools apartments by Nicolás Boullosa on July 7, 2022 For three millennia, builders in the Middle East (where temperatures can reach 50 degrees Celsius) have been cooling their homes …
SimCity-like arcologies as self-sustaining living ecosystems by Nicolás Boullosa on January 19, 2022 When we recently visited the courtyard of 25 Verde, the condominium of 63 wooden-shingle-clad apartments on a five-story, corten steel …
Language & thought: why words’ nuances make it hard for AI by Nicolás Boullosa on December 1, 2021 In a short time, chatbots have evolved to the point of passing as “intelligent.” A machine passes as “intelligent” if …
Heterotopias: living lessons from destination communities by Nicolás Boullosa on November 25, 2021 Since they were born, our three children have visited a space whose layout they seem to naturally understand and benefit …
Modernists vs. traditionalists over beauty: a cautionary tale by Nicolás Boullosa on September 20, 2021 We prioritize what’s in front of us in the Now. Since Aristotle’s Physics, all we consider is based on “presence“, …
T-shaped dark megalith hosts back-to-basics young family home by Kirsten Dirksen on August 25, 2019 To create a light-filled home on a small plot where an adjacent building blocked the southern sun, Tilemachos Andrianopoulos elevated …
Farmhouse in a hangar: NJ modern home creates a world within by Kirsten Dirksen on August 14, 2016 When architect Adam Kalkin placed a huge airplane hangar over his 1880s New Jersey farmhouse, he hoped to gain space …
Sneak peek at a skinny, multilevel & transparent Tokyo house by Kirsten Dirksen on July 4, 2016 When visiting Tokyo, we couldn’t resist taking a peek at Sou Fujimoto’s transparent “House NA”. From the architect: “Designed for …
Architect’s simple dream home in AZ’s saguaro cactus forest by Kirsten Dirksen on March 30, 2015 When architect Michael P. Johnson prepared to design his wife’s dream home in the middle of a saguaro cactus forest …
