Vivienda mínima: el sueño de modelos que rompan la inercia by Nicolás Boullosa on May 13, 2021 El autodenominado movimiento de las casas pequeñas no puede entenderse sin el auge de los proyectos de bricolaje (referidos a …
Tiny houses’ polymath: tinker, lyrist, carpenter, cartoonist by Kirsten Dirksen on November 3, 2014 Derek Diedricksen has loved tiny homes since he read Lester Walker’s “Tiny Tiny Houses” as a ten year old. It …
Lloyd Kahn y la construcción DIY 40 años después de Shelter by Nicolás Boullosa on July 8, 2014 *faircompanies visita al veterano editor contracultural especializado en arquitectura y abrigos humanos Lloyd Kahn, al mando de Shelter Publications 40 …
Using solar, cob, hemp-crete in stunning off-grid compound by Kirsten Dirksen on July 20, 2013 In 1980 a group of architect friends who wanted to “change the way people build houses and communities” founded a …
Tentsile tree tents: floating treehouses mimic spider webs by Kirsten Dirksen on April 16, 2013 Treehouse architect Alex Shirley-Smith wanted to create a portable treehouse, a kind of ready-made, floating shelter that could be assembled …
Space-saving furniture that transforms 1 room into 2 or 3 by Kirsten Dirksen on June 27, 2011 At a time when many of us – due to finances, the environment or increasing urbanization- are trying to put our …
Land of tiny home people: Northern CA’s Small House Movement by Kirsten Dirksen on February 18, 2011 There’s an area of about 60 square miles north of San Francisco where housing prices average about a half million …
Liveaboard life: self-sufficient with solar, sails, VHF radio by Kirsten Dirksen on February 9, 2011 When Teresa Carey is sailing she knows just where all her energy comes from and where it’s going. “My solar …
Liveaboard life: minimalism in a tiny home at sea by Kirsten Dirksen on February 4, 2011 When Teresa Carey lost most of her possessions in a house fire years ago, she felt liberated. “I didn’t miss …
Living small: how to choose an RV by BioDieselHauling on December 22, 2010 I live in an RV. It’s funny, I don’t really even think of it as a “lifestyle”. I guess maybe …
