Turns drafty townhome into tranquil Cork Passive House by Kirsten Dirksen on March 19, 2023 To insulate a drafty, rundown home in Barcelona while making it as healthy as possible and also “perfectly integrated into …
Turns ruin in hilltop hamlet into dream Regenerative Homestead 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 …
Desert dream home quest in Bluff: locally sourced, passive A/C by Kirsten Dirksen on March 28, 2022 On the valley floor beneath the dramatic sandstone cliffs of Bluff, Utah, emerging builders have spent over two decades erecting …
Family builds twin underground homes in ancient mountain farm by Kirsten Dirksen on February 28, 2022 René Douma and his mom Marianne began building houses into the hillside on the family farm without any experience in …
Solar Alpine home warms up via 3-story greenhouse facade by Kirsten Dirksen on November 22, 2021 Emanuele Almagioni wanted to build a home in a cold and windy, but very sunny, town high in the Italian …
New Earthships capture more energy, water & food at lower cost by Kirsten Dirksen on July 13, 2020 With walls made from old tires packed with earth, as well as upcycled glass bottles and cans, Earthships have always …
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 …
Sunken greenhouse wraps home & feeds suburban antifragile co-op by Kirsten Dirksen on March 8, 2020 When Richard Weaver inherited 3 acres in the center of a golf-oriented community developed by his father in Bozeman, Montana, …
Mount Athos cabin light-pierced via olive-leave openings by Kirsten Dirksen on July 8, 2019 On a hill in an olive grove overlooking the sea and the monasteries of Mount Athos, Eva Sopeoglou designed a …
On designing a stackable, bioclimatic shipping container home by Kirsten Dirksen on March 4, 2019 Motivated by her love of mobile homes and bioclimatic design, as well as the surplus of shipping containers at Athens …
