Paris microflat gets precise in space use with thrifty ideas by Kirsten Dirksen on February 19, 2017 On a nurse’s salary, Flore Devaux knew buying a home in Paris would be difficult so when she stumbled upon …
Tracks of an old Frontier shepherd life: Great Basin Basques by Kirsten Dirksen on December 19, 2016 “What is a Basque?,” asked Orson Welles in his 1955 television travelogue. “All we know for sure is what a …
Transforming plywood walls add rooms & service to Geneva home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 30, 2016 When a family of five in Geneva was looking to turn two large basement rooms into four, including a bedroom …
Rubik cube flat flips office, storage, dining, bedroom in SF by Kirsten Dirksen on October 16, 2016 When Donnie Wang bought his 530-square-foot studio apartment in San Francisco’s Financial District, he was single. When his now wife, …
Turning Montmartre flat into adaptive space perched over Paris by Kirsten Dirksen on October 2, 2016 When tasked with adding space, functionality and light to a small-ish apartment on Montmartre- the tallest hill in Paris-, architect …
Furniture meets robotics: superpower to show/hide what’s used by Kirsten Dirksen on August 21, 2016 Robotics-engineer-turned-entrepreneur Hasier Larrea wants to give furniture superpowers. In response to rising rents and populations in global cities, he has …
Kasita: tiny prefab home-as-a-service for post-land urbanism by Kirsten Dirksen on July 24, 2016 Professor Jeff Wilson wants to create the “iPhone for housing”. He thinks we need to shed our preconceptions of housing …
NYC’s micro-modular, Minecraft-era building rises in 1 month by Kirsten Dirksen on July 18, 2016 Single people now make up a third of New York City’s households and with the average rent for a studio …
Texan alley turned into barber shop turned into skinny house by Kirsten Dirksen on July 11, 2016 When metalworker George Sacaris bought an old barbershop in Marfa, Texas 15 years ago, he removed the leaking roof and …
Garçonnière Paris: miniature home as bachelor pad in Pigalle by Kirsten Dirksen on June 27, 2016 Jean-Malo’s “garçonnière” (bachelor pad) is a full-sized home (on a miniature scale) in the center of Paris (Pigalle). When he …
