BMX rider builds around purpose: small home, big bike ramp by Kirsten Dirksen on October 7, 2018 Ever since he was a kid, Ooti Billeaud has wanted a backyard BMX ramp, but neither his parents nor future …
Chameleon shotgun house blends modern & vernacular on a budget by Kirsten Dirksen on June 11, 2017 Inspired by the shotgun houses of the Gulf Coast, architect Zui Ng set out to create a modern version that …
Parametric shotgun home twists its extreme-weather proof layout by Kirsten Dirksen on February 13, 2017 Tulane architecture professor Ammar Eloueini moved to New Orleans shortly before Hurricane Katrina damaged much of the city. Inspired to …
Big Easy’s shotgun: cross-ventilated narrow houses stay cool by Kirsten Dirksen on August 28, 2016 Since the 1830’s shotgun houses (AKA shotgun shacks, shotgun cottages, shotgun huts, “long houses”) have been popular in New Orleans. …
How I made “We the Tiny House People” by Kirsten Dirksen on April 23, 2012 These days, I see small homes everywhere and just released a documentary on the topic (watch “We the Tiny House …
“We the Tiny House People”: documentary trailer by Kirsten Dirksen on April 18, 2012 I stumbled into the Small House Movement by accident of location- my parents live within miles of the tiny house …
