Vernacular treehouse built on holm oak, leaves it intact by Kirsten Dirksen on March 12, 2012 When an extended Spanish family decided to build a treehouse for their 5 grandchilden on their estate in Extremadura, they …
How 7 trees support treehouse pioneer’s own 1,800 sq-ft home by Kirsten Dirksen on January 27, 2012 Michael Garnier has helped pioneer the craft of modern treehouse construction. His Garnier limb -invented in collaboration with other enthusiasts …
DIY treehouse inventor creates Ewok world in rural Oregon by Kirsten Dirksen on January 23, 2012 In 1974, fresh out of the army (as a Green Beret medic), Michael Garnier went to rural Oregon to try …
Rear Window living: density + small homes = crossed glances by Kirsten Dirksen on May 2, 2011 Charged with designing an apartment complex to house 111 low-income families in small spaces, architects Eva Prats and Ricardo Flores decided to …
o2NYC: corn cups & sustainable skyscrapers by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 In the late eighties, a group of European designers began to rebel against the throwaway culture questioning the design world …
A garden-house proposal for the future: Green Box by Nicolás Boullosa on April 14, 2009 A garden-house proposal for the future: Green Box Green Box is, according to Spanish architect Luis de Garrido, one of …
Would you pay more for a sustainably designed home? by tdirksen on April 25, 2008 Was doing some quick research on triple bottome line and found an interesting article by Joel Makower,“The Confounding Complexities of …
5 cents on why I think LED is the future by tdirksen on July 13, 2007 In my opinion, LEDs are the way of the future for sustainable lighting. CFLs are great and cheaper but LEDs …
