Amsterdam hotel softens line between home, work & incubator by Kirsten Dirksen on July 17, 2017 Aimed at a growing group of “global nomads”, Amsterdam’s Zoku is trying to avoid the hotel label and instead provide …
Designing to last: multi-purpose furniture adapts to use/age by Kirsten Dirksen on July 9, 2017 “Real estate in cities has gotten so expensive that anybody who has a bit of a high ceiling is trying …
Couldn’t find his dream popup micro-camper, built it instead by Kirsten Dirksen on May 7, 2017 Jurgen Jas makes things- a mini Smart bike/car for his nephew, a fully-furnished mini-camper for another, a backyard workshop and …
How shantyboats down the Mississippi helped build a culture by Kirsten Dirksen on April 30, 2017 “I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river Is a strong brown god—sullen, untamed and …
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 …
Paris microflat gets precise in space use with thrifty ideas by Kirsten Dirksen on February 19, 2017 On a nurse’s salary, Flore Devaux knew buying a home in Paris would be difficult so when she stumbled upon …
Top-ranked kayaker builds “Hobbit Van” for life on the road by Kirsten Dirksen on February 6, 2017 When Canada’s top-ranked whitewater kayaker Ben Hayward decided to pursue his Olympic dream, he began a life on the road …
Tracks of an old Frontier shepherd life: Great Basin Basques by Kirsten Dirksen on December 19, 2016 “What is a Basque?,” asked Orson Welles in his 1955 television travelogue. “All we know for sure is what a …
Porto’s cramped hayloft becomes tiny, daylit modern studio by Kirsten Dirksen on December 11, 2016 When Portuguese architect Florêncio da Costa was asked to turn an old hayloft into a guesthouse, he created a clean, …
Virgil unbound: Italian Alps ruin becomes dream budget home by Kirsten Dirksen on November 13, 2016 When his wife inherited a ruined stable in Italy’s Orobic Alps, architect Alfredo Vanotti reinvisioned the space as a family home, …
