High-yield Solar Greenhouse harvests food & energy (timelapse) by Kirsten Dirksen on January 16, 2023 In the mountains overlooking Barcelona, a team at Valldaura Labs has built a solar greenhouse that harnesses the sun both …
Friends couldn’t afford apartments. Bought the building instead by Kirsten Dirksen on February 20, 2022 As a housekeeper, Johnny Sanphillippo couldn’t afford to buy an apartment in San Francisco, but then he heard one of …
FedEx tinkerer custom builds no-waste micro farmstead by Kirsten Dirksen on October 17, 2021 Ramutis “Ray” Narkevicius kept his day job with FedEx, but cultivated his dream job by gardening his small Los Angeles …
Voxel Cabin grows food, reuses water, makes energy from waste by Kirsten Dirksen on May 8, 2021 With the goal of building a cabin without relying on materials from the outside world, those at Valldaura Labs accessed …
Mad scientist’s homestead is parking size, off-grid system by Kirsten Dirksen on February 13, 2021 Former Army tech Larry Johnson has spent his career improving computer and telephone systems so when he saw inefficiencies in …
Popout prefab flats assembled and stacked on Barcelona roofs by Kirsten Dirksen on June 21, 2015 Barcelona developers “La Casa por el Tejado” (House on the roof) have created lightweight, prefab apartments that can be craned …
