Wyoming students make custom micro-campers to live & sell by Kirsten Dirksen on April 23, 2018 As students from the University of Wyoming at Laramie, they wanted to experience the outdoors while avoiding big expenditures, so …
Old Denver city bus transformed as young family’s comfy home by Kirsten Dirksen on March 25, 2018 Facing an unaffordable housing market, Scott and Emily bought a retired Denver city bus at auction and rebuilt it as …
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 …
Bauhaus to tiny “haus”: rethinking homes in Modernist Berlin by Kirsten Dirksen on February 4, 2018 When it was created in 1919, the Bauhaus aimed to be a “School of Building”, exploring dwellings, life & art: …
How would a Swiss Army knife look if it were a tiny house by Kirsten Dirksen on December 24, 2017 All of the furniture and rooms in Leonardo Di Chiara’s tiny house fold, swing and pivot into the walls so …
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 …
A modular system to redesign our context, furniture to bikes by Kirsten Dirksen on September 17, 2017 Grid Beam is a kind of LEGO, or Erector Set, for grownups who want to build real things. Its creators, …
Family builds 6 tiny homes for hotel on old Portland parking by Kirsten Dirksen on September 3, 2017 After 7 years living in an RV, Pam and Bruce Westra wanted to continue tiny space exploration in their new …
Amsterdam hotel softens line between home, work & incubator by Kirsten Dirksen on July 17, 2017 Aimed at a growing group of “global nomads”, Amsterdam’s Zoku is trying to avoid the hotel label and instead provide …
Designing to last: multi-purpose furniture adapts to use/age by Kirsten Dirksen on July 9, 2017 “Real estate in cities has gotten so expensive that anybody who has a bit of a high ceiling is trying …
