Can backyard tiny homes solve CA’s affordable housing need? by Kirsten Dirksen on March 24, 2019 Looking for a local solution to the California housing shortage, Clovis city planners bypassed legalizing tiny houses on wheels for …
Small prefab tests space-era rotating rooms: sleep-cook-bath by Kirsten Dirksen on March 17, 2019 To make a small home more efficient, designer Luigi Colani put a 6-round-meter cylinder in the living room so with …
Forsaken Joshua Tree hut becomes off-grid folly for stargazing by Kirsten Dirksen on February 24, 2019 When Malek Alqadi and Hillary Flur first drove down the dirt road in Joshua Tree and saw the collapsing homestead …
Small island getaway seeks old Greek simplicity: “meden agan” by Kirsten Dirksen on December 30, 2018 On the boat from Athens to a camping trip on Kea Island, Takis Yalelis began sketching a house that explored …
Intersection of rurex & philosophy: visiting Heidegger’s hut by Kirsten Dirksen on December 2, 2018 Can a place change how we think? “At most a city-dweller gets ‘stimulated’ by a so-called ‘stay in the country’, …
Young vets avoid student debt going vanlife in San Francisco by Kirsten Dirksen on October 24, 2018 Paris and Lovell Lee were used to small space living while in the Navy so when they started college in …
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 …
Palm Springs revamps trailer park with mid-century tiny homes by Kirsten Dirksen on September 9, 2018 Built in the 1940s, the Palm Canyon Mobile Club was showing its age when the owners approached realtor Paul Kaplan …
Tiny cabins in VA’s woods to slow down & resync inner clock by Kirsten Dirksen on July 15, 2018 Is the “simple cabin” the ideal vessel for disconnecting from modern life? Friends Jon Staff and Pete Davis have placed …
Long & short stays in classic mobile homes at Oregon RV park by Kirsten Dirksen on March 4, 2018 Going back to the 30s-40s, “mobile homes” began to excel when some small companies combined attention to detail with modern …
