Cork-clad home uses thermal wall & circular vents as free A/C by Kirsten Dirksen on November 9, 2021 When Nancy and her husband found a lot at the edge of Catalonia’s Garraf forest, they wanted a home that …
2 skinny homes interlock like a puzzle on small LA lot by Kirsten Dirksen on August 22, 2021 Kevin Daly and Dana Cuff bought a small, rundown home in Santa Monica, and worried about the lack of density …
Photographer’s open-floor glass home perches over Canadian lake by Kirsten Dirksen on September 6, 2020 To create a photography studio with maximum daylight, Larry Williams built a glass house. Doubling as a boat garage (the …
LA couple builds backyard cottage, then moves-in from main home by Kirsten Dirksen on July 19, 2020 Paul and Yuki Gasiorkiewicz bought a nondescript 1930s bungalow in LA’s Echo Park and rather than trying to convert it …
2 greenhouses and 3 containers in wasteland become dream home by Kirsten Dirksen on September 16, 2018 Twenty years ago architect Patrick Partouche wanted to build an affordable home for his family on an undeveloped piece of …
Rotterdam solar home harvests energy, food & winter heat by Kirsten Dirksen on April 30, 2018 When Helly Scholten was offered the opportunity to spend three years living in a home inside of a greenhouse on …
Escheresque house of no walls by former Berlin wall by Kirsten Dirksen on April 15, 2018 When Helle Schröder and Martin Janekovic (XTH-Berlin architects) signed a 199-year lease on some land along the old Berlin Wall, they …
Chameleon shotgun house blends modern & vernacular on a budget by Kirsten Dirksen on June 11, 2017 Inspired by the shotgun houses of the Gulf Coast, architect Zui Ng set out to create a modern version that …
Baubotanik shapes living tree branches into building facades by Kirsten Dirksen on June 5, 2017 Architects Ferdinand Ludwig and Daniel Schönle would like to revolutionize the way we build, or more appropriately “grow”, our buildings. …
Big Easy’s shotgun: cross-ventilated narrow houses stay cool by Kirsten Dirksen on August 28, 2016 Since the 1830’s shotgun houses (AKA shotgun shacks, shotgun cottages, shotgun huts, “long houses”) have been popular in New Orleans. …
