Embracing a third culture: our family’s journey from Europe to the US by Nicolás Boullosa on May 22, 2024 A reader asks how our acclimatization to life in America is going. Here’s an account of how we navigate education, …
Does an increase in social housing keep cities affordable? Not always by Nicolás Boullosa on March 20, 2024 In Vienna, a large social housing stock keeps overall housing costs down. In Paris, not so much. The year of …
The places we’ve lived: our pros/cons of city, suburbs & countryside by Nicolás Boullosa on February 21, 2024 While building a personal business at *faircompanies, as well as helping launch and grow a successful YouTube channel, I have …
Turns abandoned cargo boat into modern home gem (before/after) by Kirsten Dirksen on June 27, 2022 Jérémie Malvy bought an old cargo riverboat for 11,000 euros and then spent two years remaking it into a light …
Nonplaces (physical & online): what convenience takes from us by Nicolás Boullosa on February 2, 2022 I often would go through Rue du Paradis for two years, in Paris’ 9th arrondissement (borough). This city area, a …
Bike culture boom: what dedicated lanes & cargo bikes can do by Nicolás Boullosa on September 27, 2021 It’s real. Bike ridership in cities like Paris has exploded due to Covid-19, but not only because of the pandemic; …
In search of lost books: an odyssey across Paris by Kirsten Dirksen on May 22, 2021 We think of virtual as something that is detached from reality, but how can we take advantage of this virtual …
Young couple’s 40sqm/430sqft music studio & micro-apartment by Kirsten Dirksen on February 20, 2021 As cities became more expensive, young creatives had to get ahead with less space and usually rent in outer neighborhoods. …
Spartan Alpine cabin conceals back-to-basics building tips by Kirsten Dirksen on November 28, 2020 In 1938 architect and designer Charlotte Perriand designed a mountain shelter able to withstand the harsh elements of any mountaintop …
A bedroom to skate, climb & sleep-on-trees in tiny Paris flat by Kirsten Dirksen on January 19, 2020 Elisio Tiúba grew up surfing and playing outdoors in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil so when he began to raise his sons …