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 …
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 …
Dan Price’s underground home, art & philosophy on $5,000/year by Kirsten Dirksen on September 20, 2015 When Dan Price returned to his home state of Oregon in 1990 he was determined to avoid mortgages or rent …
€1,000 small home built in 100 hours from open source design by Kirsten Dirksen on July 6, 2015 Designer Ryan Frank wanted a semi-mobile home for a small plot in a “sensitive area” in Spain. He thought about …
Japanese-inspired charred wood tiny home in Ohio town by Kirsten Dirksen on April 6, 2015 When Alex Melamed and his wife moved to the traditional brick and mortar town of Yellow Springs, Ohio they built …
Iowa couple pick CA landscape with tiny homeoffice on wheels by Kirsten Dirksen on December 29, 2014 Alek Lisefski was tired of paying rent in high-end towns like Santa Monica and Boulder so he decided to build …
Tiny houses’ polymath: tinker, lyrist, carpenter, cartoonist by Kirsten Dirksen on November 3, 2014 Derek Diedricksen has loved tiny homes since he read Lester Walker’s “Tiny Tiny Houses” as a ten year old. It …
Tiny Texas Houses’ “Willy Wonka” on doing magic reusing wood by Kirsten Dirksen on September 16, 2014 Brad “Darby” Kittel came to Texas living on a converted school bus. He had planned to write the Great American …
P2P Brooklyn: from apartment to shared flat, restaurant/club by Kirsten Dirksen on September 8, 2014 Adam Finkelman and Evan Garfield were veteran roommates of the New York City rental scene so when they discovered a …
Tall law student, tiny house: bachelor builds dorm on wheels by Kirsten Dirksen on September 1, 2014 When Joel Fleck moved home to after college, he wanted his own place, but he didn’t want to pay the …
