Amsterdam loft hotel softens line between home, work & incubator by Kirsten Dirksen on July 17, 2017 Aimed at a growing group of “global nomads”, Amsterdam’s Zoku is trying to avoid the hotel label and instead provide …
Made to last: multi-purpose furniture adapts to use/age by Kirsten Dirksen on July 9, 2017 “Real estate in cities has gotten so expensive that anybody who has a bit of a high ceiling is trying …
Hydraulic doors transform containers in retrotronic shelters by Kirsten Dirksen on April 17, 2017 Comparing their work to reanimating a corpse, Matthew Quilty and Adam Kalkin* believe in giving new life to unused shipping …
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 …
House of 3 containers on San Diego hill blends with landscape by Kirsten Dirksen on March 12, 2017 After purchasing a piece of land in the mountains of unincorporated San Diego County, Mike and Shawn McConkey set out …
Artist builds his Savannah studio with shipping containers by Kirsten Dirksen on October 23, 2016 Architect, artist, designer Julio Garcia had been designing plans for shipping container homes for a decade before he found the …
Rubik cube flat flips office, storage, dining, bedroom in SF by Kirsten Dirksen on October 16, 2016 When Donnie Wang bought his 530-square-foot studio apartment in San Francisco’s Financial District, he was single. When his now wife, …
How 16 containers became 8 wanted market-rate Phoenix condos by Kirsten Dirksen on September 12, 2016 On an old used car lot in Phoenix, architects Brian Stark and Wesley James placed 16 used shipping containers and …
Kasita: tiny prefab home-as-a-service for post-land urbanism by Kirsten Dirksen on July 24, 2016 Professor Jeff Wilson wants to create the “iPhone for housing”. He thinks we need to shed our preconceptions of housing …
NYC’s micro-modular, Minecraft-era building rises in 1 month by Kirsten Dirksen on July 18, 2016 Single people now make up a third of New York City’s households and with the average rent for a studio …
