Cantilevered containers become popup housing for NYC creators by Kirsten Dirksen on May 24, 2020 New York City rents are unattainable for most artists, but at one marina in Queens, stacked shipping containers provide instant …
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 …
$700 mechanical micro-A-frame blends with Montana wilderness by Kirsten Dirksen on August 4, 2019 When Alla Ponomareva and her husband Garrett Hohn found Derek “Deek” Diedricksen’s plans to build a transforming A-frame cabin for …
Family fixes home in ghost-town lab & tells others to follow by Kirsten Dirksen on January 27, 2019 With 25,000 euros and 1,000 hours of work, Maurizio Cesprini and his partner Paola Gardin rebuilt a ruined home in …
Danish maker turns waste into art, furniture, vehicles & more by Kirsten Dirksen on March 11, 2018 Thomas Dambo routes his daily bike commute past neighborhood dumpsters to find materials for his builds. In the past several …
MN couple turns grain silo into urban brewery, store & venue by Kirsten Dirksen on February 24, 2018 Sandy and Jay Boss Febbo looked for a location to open their microbrewery. Seeking something within their self-financed budget, they …
Side-door container 2nd life as WA’s ski town outdoorsy home by Kirsten Dirksen on November 12, 2017 Shiah Lints was tired of life in a 2500 converted farmhouse, so he bought a side door shipping container to …
Berlin architect turns silo into spaceship-esque home-as-art by Kirsten Dirksen on November 6, 2017 After two years of living in a camper with his young daughter, architect Jan Körbes wanted something better suited to …
Bill Lilly uses containers to rebuild a burnt Oxford MS home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 30, 2017 Since Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi builder Bill Lilly had been drafting ideas for building on the foundations of disaster so when …
Round grain bin as Madison County’s budget prairie style home by Kirsten Dirksen on July 24, 2017 Bob Quinn works farm radio (“The Big Show”), was raised by farmers and owns a small farm so it wasn’t …