A spaghetti western on lean urbanism (documentary) by Kirsten Dirksen on May 11, 2015 What makes a good shelter? For thousands of years we’ve been attempting to regulate the idea. Even the bible had …
Tesla Powerwall: una batería doméstica entre casa y el coche by Nicolás Boullosa on May 5, 2015 ¿Puede el mercado energético gestionarse con el esquema descentralizado y liberalizado de Internet? Después de años de prototipos costosos y …
A spaghetti western on lean urbanism (documentary trailer) by Kirsten Dirksen on May 3, 2015 It’s undeniable that building codes save lives, but something has changed in the past couple of decades. Now, thanks to …
Backyard treehouse: a perched home for escape, introspection by Kirsten Dirksen on March 16, 2015 Michelle and Bill built their backyard treehouse for their autistic daughter Frida, but she never liked it as much as …
Former New Mexico ranch as off-grid conservation easement by Kirsten Dirksen on February 23, 2015 JJ and Fred Milder were looking for their dream home- they’d spent most of their married life in Boston-, but …
Building your own Hawaii minimal house for a vacation’s cost by Kirsten Dirksen on December 22, 2014 Kristie Wolfe spent $5000 to build herself a tiny home on wheels in her hometown of Pocatello, Idaho. It started …
Dune Shacks: taste of Cape Cods’ floating, well-aged homes by Kirsten Dirksen on December 15, 2014 They are 19 worn-down and well-aged shacks that sit at the edge of the continent. They’re surrounded by sand- Thoreau …
From Gotham to isolated, code & debt-free West Texas estate by Kirsten Dirksen on November 17, 2014 Seven years ago John Wells sold his heavily-mortgaged home in upstate New York and bought 40 acres in West Texas …
Survivalist tiny dorms at Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin arq school by Kirsten Dirksen on October 27, 2014 Since Frank Lloyd Wright began building Taliesin West– his winter home and school in the desert-, students have been living …
Earthships: self-sustaining homes for post-apocalyptic land? by Kirsten Dirksen on October 6, 2014 On the desert mesa of New Mexico, miles from the nearest town of Taos (pop. 5,700), Star-Wars-like shelters rise from …
