Off-grid Hawaii dream: couple builds budget home & thriving food forest by Kirsten Dirksen on November 29, 2023 Matt Holton and Cristina Pineda were living on Maui where the average home price is a million dollars when they …
Restores abandoned Pyrenees home by hand with regenerative system by Kirsten Dirksen on January 9, 2023 After purchasing a ruin in a hilltop hamlet in the Spanish Pyrenees, Emmanuel Pauwels created a home in close harmony …
CA artist-farmer builds $25K quiet home to savor simple life by Kirsten Dirksen on November 9, 2022 Needing a break from roommates and social work environments, L Gilbert wanted an affordable home for one in pricey California. …
Clever microhome perches over compact food forest outside Barcelona by Kirsten Dirksen on July 17, 2022 At just 8 square meters (86 square feet), a clever micro-house outside Barcelona extends far beyond its footprint with a …
Old delivery truck outside, fast-transformer homestudio inside by Kirsten Dirksen on December 12, 2021 Vaughn Dabney bought an old food delivery van for $9,500 and spent $8,000 in supplies to convert it into a …
He was a bike nomad. Now revamps derelict Alpine farmstead by Kirsten Dirksen on November 1, 2021 After spending years cycling around the world, Martijn Doolaard was ready for a more permanent home and he wanted something …
Mountaintop building was banned. Pulled off epic off-grid by Kirsten Dirksen on September 12, 2021 On a California mountaintop with no access to power, David Latimer created a deconstructed home from two wee homes on …
Towable, off-grid Ecocapsule gathers energy/water anywhere by Kirsten Dirksen on July 26, 2020 Can off-grid, anywhere-living appeal the masses? The Ecocapsule mobile dwelling gathers solar/wind energy, harvests/filters water. It shelters 2 and includes …
Valldaura Labs culls restored forest for buildings & biomass by Kirsten Dirksen on May 3, 2020 When a computer-based, self-reliant city-lab high in the hills above Barcelona designed and built a tiny home, they used parametric …
50 years off-grid: architect-maker paradise amid NorCal redwoods by Kirsten Dirksen on April 26, 2020 In 1968, Charles Bello and his wife Vanna Rae moved onto 240 acres of redwood forest looking to live a …