Light walls & moving doors revamp Kyoto small home by Kirsten Dirksen on August 24, 2015 Architects Yoichiro Hayashi and Shogo Sakurai (NAAD) upgraded a rundown 100-year-old Kyoto home by covering it in plywood to create …
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 …
Nakagin: 140 plug and play capsules float in metabolist tower by Kirsten Dirksen on August 9, 2015 Resembling clusters of space pods stacked 13 stories tall, the Nakagin Capsule Tower is the world’s first example of capsule …
Yokohama narrow tiny house breathes, attracts local nature by Kirsten Dirksen on July 27, 2015 On a site 3.3 meters wide and 10 meters deep, architect Takeshi Hosaka planned a dream home for himself and …
Writer builds backyard mountain cottage as personal space by Kirsten Dirksen on July 22, 2015 As top cities become pricey and competitive, smaller yet vibrant cities attract those in search of more than work. Crissie …
€1,000 small home built in 100 hours from open source design by Kirsten Dirksen on July 6, 2015 Designer Ryan Frank wanted a semi-mobile home for a small plot in a “sensitive area” in Spain. He thought about …
Converted van as full-time home for nomadic Canadian couple by Kirsten Dirksen on May 23, 2015 Mat and Danielle spent their first date bonding over Lloyd Kahn’s book “Home Work” and discussing their ideas for simplifying …
Japanese-inspired charred wood tiny home in Ohio town by Kirsten Dirksen on April 6, 2015 When Alex Melamed and his wife moved to the traditional brick and mortar town of Yellow Springs, Ohio they built …
Backyard treehouse: a perched home for escape, introspection by Kirsten Dirksen on March 16, 2015 Michelle and Bill built their backyard treehouse for their autistic daughter Frida, but she never liked it as much as …
Life on the road: converted budget eurovan as trip home by Kirsten Dirksen on March 9, 2015 At 25 years old, Robin Raindropcatcher had never owned a car and didn’t have a driver’s license, but he dreamed …
