Fluid NYC flat uses sliding furniture to create 3 rooms in 1 by Kirsten Dirksen on July 30, 2018 Russian architect Peter Kostelov and his artist wife, Olga Feshina, wanted private rooms to work from home in their aging …
Tiny cabins in VA’s woods to slow down & resync inner clock by Kirsten Dirksen on July 15, 2018 Is the “simple cabin” the ideal vessel for disconnecting from modern life? Friends Jon Staff and Pete Davis have placed …
Rogue deployable shelters for off-grid OR desert living by Kirsten Dirksen on July 8, 2018 I first heard about the Alvord Desert from a local who told me he lived 100 miles from the nearest …
Mechanical cottage moves receding facade with use/seasons by Kirsten Dirksen on July 1, 2018 When his mother began talking about putting a prefab in her backyard, Caspar Schols– a physicist by training- was working …
Pivoting wall adds/subtracts rooms in NYC modular micro-flat by Kirsten Dirksen on June 24, 2018 When architect Robert Garneau was asked to turn a Manhattan prewar studio into an apartment that would sleep 6 and …
Couple’s own Paris-Dakar using Land Rover transformer-camper by Kirsten Dirksen on May 20, 2018 Brice grew up in Morocco overlanding across Africa in 4x4s and 6x6s. When he met his wife Irina they organized …
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 …
Aussie overlander’s own travels inspire rugged 4WD campervan by Kirsten Dirksen on February 11, 2018 Lance Gillies and his wife were globe-hopping overlanders who couldn’t buy the rugged, go-anywhere four-wheel-drive home they could imagine so …
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: …
Skinny lake-cabin has collapsible rooms & roof deck for 10K by Kirsten Dirksen on December 31, 2017 William Yudchitz and his son Daniel had already built one modern cabin on their land in far north Wisconsin, but …