Modern prefab keeps Mediterranean character & sense of place by Kirsten Dirksen on October 14, 2018 For forty years the JEC family has been growing their “mas” (Catalan country home) from a basic 45m2-square structure …
Friends turn vacant zoo on rocky hill into hotel of glass pods by Kirsten Dirksen on April 1, 2018 When the young group of Vivood architects discovered an abandoned animal preserve perched on a hillside in the stunning Guadalest …
Polymath-plumber makes unique furniture & artifacts from waste by Kirsten Dirksen on November 20, 2017 Self-taught designer Fernando Abellanas considers the city his playground. One day he drove under a highway overpass in his hometown …
House of moving doors in Barcelona adapts to family’s use by Kirsten Dirksen on April 9, 2017 When South Africans Jason and Tessa Boshoff went searching for an affordable apartment in Barcelona, they found a rundown 70-square-meter …
Asturian hórreo: old granary on pillars as tiny summer cabin by Kirsten Dirksen on September 5, 2016 In Northern Spain, small farmers have stored their crops in “hórreos”- a granary raised on pillars – since medieval times …
Sunbathed small wooden studio in calm forest near Barcelona by Kirsten Dirksen on March 6, 2016 Tasked with building a tiny studio in the hills outside Barcelona, architect Pablo Serrano Elorduy created an all-wooden shelter stunning …
€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 …
“We the Tiny House People”: documentary trailer by Kirsten Dirksen on April 18, 2012 I stumbled into the Small House Movement by accident of location- my parents live within miles of the tiny house …
Tiny stone toolshed as timeless mediterranean country home (25m2) by Kirsten Dirksen on March 26, 2012 When Pascual Alberola and his partner went looking for a weekend house near their home in Valencia (Spain), they wanted …
Automated parking for bikes by Kirsten Dirksen on May 5, 2010 One of the biggest inconveniences of using your bike for transport is making sure it stays safe when you get …
