Tree Snake tiny homes defy gravity at Portuguese vintage spa by Kirsten Dirksen on March 27, 2017 Architects Luís and Tiago Rebelo de Andrade wanted to “recreate the fantasy of treehouses” without building a house in a …
House of 3 containers on San Diego hill blends with landscape by Kirsten Dirksen on March 12, 2017 After purchasing a piece of land in the mountains of unincorporated San Diego County, Mike and Shawn McConkey set out …
Artist builds his Savannah studio with shipping containers by Kirsten Dirksen on October 23, 2016 Architect, artist, designer Julio Garcia had been designing plans for shipping container homes for a decade before he found the …
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 …
Small wooden studio tucked away in calm forest near Barcelona by Kirsten Dirksen on March 6, 2016 Tasked with building a tiny studio in the hills outside Barcelona, architect Pablo Serrano Elorduy created an all-wooden shelter stunning …
Vipp Shelter tiny prefab as precise industrial-era appliance by Kirsten Dirksen on November 29, 2015 The Danish company VIPP (known for its iconic 1939 wastebasket, now in the MOMA) has created a prefab tiny home …
Gothenburg stacked cargo containers as instant house/offices by Kirsten Dirksen on September 28, 2015 Mats Johansson has rehabbed shipping containers in the port of Gothenburg (Sweden) for over 20 years, but in the past …
Norwegian wood: LEGO-assembling a rural prefab cabin in 1 day by Kirsten Dirksen on September 7, 2015 There are 500,000 cabins in Norway for 5 million people, explains architect Marianne Borge. While the size of these second …
Nakagin: 140 plug and play capsules float in metabolist tower by Kirsten Dirksen on August 9, 2015 Resembling clusters of space pods stacked 13 stories tall, the Nakagin Capsule Tower is the world’s first example of capsule …
Popout prefab flats assembled and stacked on Barcelona roofs by Kirsten Dirksen on June 21, 2015 Barcelona developers “La Casa por el Tejado” (House on the roof) have created lightweight, prefab apartments that can be craned …