Flying over the cuckoo’s nest—2025 edition: mental illness & homelessness by Nicolás Boullosa on August 28, 2025 How social changes, housing policy, and neglect worsen mental health and homelessness in America. Lessons from history and abroad show …
The Asterix village in the dark: resilience in a blacked-out world by Nicolás Boullosa on April 30, 2025 The Iberian Peninsula’s recent power outage exposed our deep reliance on electricity and digital systems. One village’s self-sufficient approach offers …
Acorns: why we failed to domesticate a beloved wild food source by Nicolás Boullosa on June 2, 2023 There’s no older way of showing one’s agency over one’s surroundings than providing our own food from sources that our …
Regiones que normalizan una temporada de incendios en aumento by Nicolás Boullosa on October 1, 2020 Dice un amigo mío que el mundo se divide en dos tipos de personas: quienes compran objetos de calidad fuera …
Found a derelict Portuguese hamlet. Settled in to revive it by Kirsten Dirksen on March 15, 2020 “Now, the rural is the revolutionary” – José Luis Peixoto Pedro Pedrosa and his wife Sofia left city life over …
Triangle home filling small lot takes cues from boat tradition by Kirsten Dirksen on February 2, 2020 On a tiny triangular lot in central Lisbon, Luis Pedro Pinto built a right-angle home for his family taking advantage …
Studio flat hides living area behind Mondrian-esque furniture by Kirsten Dirksen on December 8, 2019 To continue exploring the interlude between architecture and woodcraft, José Castro Caldas bought a 40m2 studio (430 sq ft) in …
Valles ibéricos fuera de mapa: de despoblación a neorruralismo by Nicolás Boullosa on October 31, 2019 Cuando, hace poco más de una semana, preparaba las maletas en París para partir de viaje familiar por carretera, no …
Tree Snake tiny homes defy gravity at Portuguese vintage spa by Kirsten Dirksen on March 27, 2017 Architects Luís and Tiago Rebelo de Andrade wanted to “recreate the fantasy of treehouses” without building a house in a …
Porto’s cramped hayloft becomes tiny, daylit modern studio by Kirsten Dirksen on December 11, 2016 When Portuguese architect Florêncio da Costa was asked to turn an old hayloft into a guesthouse, he created a clean, …
