Young architect’s life in 12th-century Masia (original furnishings) by Kirsten Dirksen on December 15, 2024 Nestled in a serene valley, architect Marc Valero lives alone in a 12th-century watermill and farmhouse, a catalan masia immersed …
Turns stone barn into minimal hideaway with stealth furniture-rooms by Kirsten Dirksen on May 12, 2024 Africa Lao had spent her career designing homes from an office in Barcelona, so when she moved to the country …
Finding a purpose in today’s world: Elias from “Märzengrund” by Nicolás Boullosa on January 15, 2023 Some people turn away from the doctrines of a profit-oriented society and decide to live a simpler life in tune …
Paris home-within-home: metal core adds space to modern loft by Kirsten Dirksen on December 3, 2017 To preserve the open, industrial feel of a 1920s industrial loft in Paris’ 11th arrondissement, architect Alex Delaunay inserted a …
On turning a former Alpine garage into an elegant modern cabin by Kirsten Dirksen on March 5, 2017 When architects Gianmatteo Romegialli and Erika Gaggia saw their friend Carlo “Dino” Marchetti’s garage with the gorgeous views of the …
Stone toolshed as timeless mediterranean tiny home (25m2) by Kirsten Dirksen on March 26, 2012 When Pascual Alberola and his partner went looking for a weekend house near their home in Valencia (Spain), they wanted …
Coder’s 96-sq-ft, handbuilt zen microhome from the ’70s by Kirsten Dirksen on March 22, 2012 When Loren Amelang bought some land in the California back country in the 1970s, he had intended to use as …
Thoreauvian simple living: unelectrified, timeless tiny home by Kirsten Dirksen on January 9, 2012 Seven years ago Diana and Michael Lorence moved to a 120-foot-square home without electricity in the coastal mountains of Northern …
Country caravans as tiny, Bohemian shelters in rural France by Kirsten Dirksen on January 8, 2012 Country caravans, or according to those at Roulotte de Campagne, “Bohemian-style caravans” are back in style. “There’s a fresh craze …
Tiny, portable, prefab cube shelters in medieval French town by Kirsten Dirksen on December 1, 2011 They’re just 3 meters (9.8 feet) by 3 meters and just about as high. They’d make great tiny homes, but …
