Earth-cooled, shipping container underground CA home for 30K by Kirsten Dirksen on April 18, 2016 As a kid Steve Rees played in caves and learned how the earth could cool. As an adult, he buried …
Gem-shaped homestudio for couple & kid maximizes space/light by Nicolás Boullosa on April 4, 2016 When Kyoto-based Alphaville Architects were asked to create a home/studio space for a couple and their son on a small …
Small wooden studio tucked away in calm forest near Barcelona by Kirsten Dirksen on March 6, 2016 Tasked with building a tiny studio in the hills outside Barcelona, architect Pablo Serrano Elorduy created an all-wooden shelter stunning …
High desert skinny home feels big facing Bend’s mountains by Kirsten Dirksen on November 15, 2015 Gary Beaudoin wanted to build a home with intention, where every square foot was laid out for a purpose and …
Japanese-inspired charred wood tiny home in Ohio town by Kirsten Dirksen on April 6, 2015 When Alex Melamed and his wife moved to the traditional brick and mortar town of Yellow Springs, Ohio they built …
Architect’s simple dream home in AZ’s saguaro cactus forest by Kirsten Dirksen on March 30, 2015 When architect Michael P. Johnson prepared to design his wife’s dream home in the middle of a saguaro cactus forest …
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 …
Norcal veteran coder customizes off-grid home with sensors by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2014 Loren Amelang once helped code for Silicon Valley companies, but he’d always been sensitive to environment so when his employer …
Fully-customized, modular solar house is CNC cut prefab by Kirsten Dirksen on August 19, 2012 Solar House 2.0, erected this year on Barcelona’s waterfront, uses time-tested passive solar techniques (like south-facing windows to let in …
Architect & carpenter craft tiny backyard 120-sq-ft studio by Kirsten Dirksen on April 9, 2012 When architect Sarah Deeds wanted to set up a home office, there wasn’t an extra room in the 500-square-foot one-bedroom …
