Sweden tests tiny wooden pods as college dorms of the future by Kirsten Dirksen on February 7, 2016 Every year thousands of Swedish college students are left without housing- for 2015, it’s estimated there were 20,000 “dorm-less” scholars …
Can micro-apartments avoid NIMBYism in suburban San Francisco? 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 …
Treehotel: mirrorcube, nest, UFO treehouses in Arctic forest by Kirsten Dirksen on January 19, 2016 In the far north of Sweden in a very tiny town, Kent and Britta Lindvall – believing that if you …
Macy Miller builds adaptive small home for family of 4 & dog by Kirsten Dirksen on January 10, 2016 Five years ago Macy Miller was “four years outside a foreclosure”, looking for a place to live with her Great …
8 micro-studios reassembled as Cubist family home in Japan by Kirsten Dirksen on January 4, 2016 With most of their micro-studios unrented, a family in Chiba, Japan was ready to demolish their 8-unit apartment building, but …
Arctic ancestral survivalism: on extreme weather Sami wisdom by Kirsten Dirksen on December 22, 2015 The Sami people are one of the oldest semi-nomadic indigenous groups in the world. Traditionally herding reindeer in the Arctic …
Capsule hotel, ancient city: sleeping in a Kyoto pod for $40 by Kirsten Dirksen on December 14, 2015 In the late ‘70s, Metabolist architect Kisho Kurokawa (designer of the Nakagin capsule tower) dreamt up “a hotel for 2001”. The …
$150 bike camper: DIY micro mobile home (plans to download) by Kirsten Dirksen on December 6, 2015 Paul Elkins makes things: driveable plastic cars, tipis, treehouses, fluted-plastic boats and many micro-shelters. He made his first micro-RV a …
Vipp Shelter tiny prefab as precise industrial-era appliance by Kirsten Dirksen on November 29, 2015 The Danish company VIPP (known for its iconic 1939 wastebasket, now in the MOMA) has created a prefab tiny home …
High desert skinny home feels big facing Bend’s mountains by Kirsten Dirksen on November 15, 2015 Gary Beaudoin wanted to build a home with intention, where every square foot was laid out for a purpose and …
