On building one’s own dream home as an 8-year desert odyssey by Kirsten Dirksen on December 23, 2018 Fresh out of architecture school, Aaron D’Innocenzo wanted to test out his belief that with proper orientation and materials, he …
Passivhaus rooftop flat adds level to 1930’s Mexico City home by Kirsten Dirksen on January 7, 2018 Alejandro Herrera was commuting two hours each way into Mexico City for architecture school when he turned a vacant rooftop …
Designer builds efficient off-grid Passive House in Colorado by Kirsten Dirksen on September 24, 2017 Twenty years ago Andrew Michler bought a $60,000 solar shack in the Colorado mountains that “immediately fell apart” and inspired …
Japanese-inspired wood-clad (legal) tiny home in Ohio town by Kirsten Dirksen on April 6, 2015 When Alex Melamed and his wife moved to the tradiational brick and mortar town of Yellow Springs, Ohio they built …
10 casas pasivas: más rendimiento ambiental, menos energía by Nicolás Boullosa on December 31, 2013 En arquitectura, el término “pasivo” no tiene connotaciones negativas. Al contrario: “Passivhaus“, o “casa pasiva” en alemán, es un estándar …
Casa domótica minimalista de un veterano hacker californiano by Nicolás Boullosa on January 3, 2012 En los 70, un reconocido ingeniero averiguó que la empresa donde trabajaba se trasladaba a una oficina sin luz natural. …
An earth-built passive solar house: cob (S), straw bale (N) by Kirsten Dirksen on October 18, 2010 Passive solar design dates back over 2 and a half millennia to the ancient Greeks and Chinese; it not only …
Natural buildings don’t melt by Kirsten Dirksen on October 14, 2010 With all the videos I’ve done on earth buildings (like the tiny cob cottage in North Carolina or the mudbrick …
Natural building materials: straw, sticks, clay or a mix by Kirsten Dirksen on October 11, 2010 You may find cob cottages particularly cute, but taste isn’t reason enough to choose one natural building material over another. …
Natural building codes: some straw bale, but little for cob by Kirsten Dirksen on October 5, 2010 There’s plenty of historical evidence that natural buildings hold up to time- witness the adobe California Missions or the 13th …
