Turns stone barn into minimal hideaway with stealth furniture-rooms by Kirsten Dirksen on May 12, 2024 Africa Lao had spent her career designing homes from an office in Barcelona, so when she moved to the country …
Young couple self-builds hempcrete home with innovative compost toilet by Kirsten Dirksen on March 3, 2024 When Nil and Olivia found an affordable plot in picturesque Garrotxa, Catalonia, they quickly bought it and began to build …
Turns grandfather’s rammed-earth barn into budget dream home by Kirsten Dirksen on July 3, 2023 Up until recently, Jordi Salvia’s hometown in rural Catalonia used rammed earth bricks as an ancient and effective method to …
Acorns: why we failed to domesticate a beloved wild food source by Nicolás Boullosa on June 2, 2023 There’s no older way of showing one’s agency over one’s surroundings than providing our own food from sources that our …
People left cave homes. He restored ancestors’ underground town by Kirsten Dirksen on May 15, 2022 Rubén Mendi is a giant pumpkin grower who has consistently broken world records, holding several of the heaviest, most gorgeous specimens …
Fast & cheap revamp of long-time abandoned small apartment by Kirsten Dirksen on January 2, 2022 David Tapias (Aixopluc founder) and Ricard Pau installed their first experimental home inside a former photographer’s studio that had been …
We needed simple furniture. This is our Spartan transformer system by Kirsten Dirksen on August 29, 2021 To furnish an old country home in a 12th Century town, we wanted to create the minimal expression of furniture …
Bed, wardrobe & washer stack in Mediterranean tiny apartment by Kirsten Dirksen on October 31, 2020 With only 25 square meters (270 square feet) to work with, Yuda Naimi decided to think cubically when redesigning a …
Ancient stone housebarn becomes couple’s tranquil home-office by Kirsten Dirksen on July 6, 2020 In the Cantabrian mountains of Northern Spain, the traditional barn houses- used by nomadic farmers who graze their livestock on …
Folding 18-sqm beach-flat sleeps 5, feeds 10 + cocktail terrace by Kirsten Dirksen on February 16, 2020 To maximize an 18 square-meter apartment (a 194 square feet studio near the sea) for a family of 3, Ángel …
