$15K remote homestead: bridging inexpensive kit-homes in Scandinavia’s Arctic by Kirsten Dirksen on February 10, 2025 In Norway’s remote far north, where the wind can rattle walls and the winter light is fleeting, Kjetil Ingvar Berge …
She built underground cabin in remote Arctic for $200 as cozy Stealth Home by Kirsten Dirksen on December 29, 2024 Franciska Eliassen built an underground earth home inspired by traditional Norwegian sod huts to live simply and sustainably from what …
Scandinavian ecovillage rethinks homeownership: no mortgages, no waste by Kirsten Dirksen on December 22, 2024 Twenty-two years ago, a group of friends bought a very affordable cornfield in rural Denmark and set out to build …
Turns warehouse into dream home with underground living + Roman bath by Kirsten Dirksen on October 27, 2024 Ignacio Morente bought a dilapidated warehouse and, with help from family and friends, he built his dream home, complete with …
Turns forsaken WW2 bunker into perfect Arctic underground cabin by Kirsten Dirksen on September 29, 2024 After discovering an abandoned World War II bunker while on a hike in northern Norway, Henrik Lande Andersen spent two …
They left for city. Offspring came back to restore farmstead by Kirsten Dirksen on May 1, 2022 It’s the story of millions of families who fled to cities for work generations ago, then feeling the call of …
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 …
Built a backyard Yome (yurt + dome) to stay in San Francisco by Kirsten Dirksen on September 5, 2021 When Ava Rosen first slept in a yome – a hybrid between a yurt and geodesic dome – she fell …
4x Quonset home-studio: 40 years of artistic simple living by Kirsten Dirksen on July 26, 2021 In the desert of Joshua Tree, Bobby Furst’s home/studio/compound is an artistic wonderland built from 4 Quonset huts, 3 Airstream …
Shipping container motel honors 2nd life of salvage by Kirsten Dirksen on October 17, 2020 On a former ranch in Round Top, Texas (population: 91), Flophouze hotel is made of six converted shipping container cabins …