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, …
More units, less zoning? SF microapartments avoid "NIMByism" by Kirsten Dirksen on February 1, 2016 San Francisco’s housing crisis is now legendary: the average rent for a 2 bedroom studio is $5000. To add housing …
San Francisco brick boiler room turned industrial tiny house by Kirsten Dirksen on August 17, 2015 Architect Christi Azevedo transformed a tiny boiler room in her San Francisco backyard into a compact home crafted like custom …
A spaghetti western on lean urbanism (documentary) by Kirsten Dirksen on May 11, 2015 What makes a good shelter? For thousands of years we’ve been attempting to regulate the idea. Even the bible had …
A spaghetti western on lean urbanism (documentary trailer) by Kirsten Dirksen on May 3, 2015 It’s undeniable that building codes save lives, but something has changed in the past couple decades. Now, thanks to the …
Marin Center: arcología intemporal de Lloyd Wright en NorCal by Nicolás Boullosa on August 11, 2014 A primeros de agosto de 2014, entrevistamos a Ben Berto, director de planificación urbanística del condado de Marín, al norte …
Way of Tea: celebrating the art of craft focusing on "now" by Kirsten Dirksen on October 28, 2013 It’s often translated as “tea ceremony”, but Chado, Chanoyu or the “Way of Tea”, is neither a ceremony nor a …
DIY organic soap: a how to from San Francisco by Kirsten Dirksen on March 18, 2013 Errol Davis started making his own organic soap because he was “cheap”. Then he started giving it to friends for …
Trash remade as art & tiny shelters at San Francisco dump by Kirsten Dirksen on January 7, 2013 Pablo Picasso used garage from his Parisian neighborhood to create his art: an old bike became “Bull’s Head”, a basket, …
How to farm mushrooms as Slow Food, medicine, bioremediation by Kirsten Dirksen on March 19, 2012 In the past few years, mushrooms- and the vegetative part of the fungus, mycelium– have been elevated from the underworld. …
