Texan maker’s underground survival bunkers are real batcaves by Kirsten Dirksen on June 29, 2020 In Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road,” protagonists are surprised by marauders, but are lucky to find a well-provisioned survival shelter. In …
Metal transformer flat hides WC inside vault-room in Montreal by Kirsten Dirksen on May 10, 2020 After stripping back an apartment inside a former razor factory to its original industrial concrete walls, floors, and ceilings, Jean-Maxime …
Tiny art gallery turns into home via stealth kitchen/bedroom by Kirsten Dirksen on February 23, 2020 Lawrence Blairs has hosted up to 90 people in his small gallery and few of them would guess that behind …
Folding 18-sqm beach-flat sleeps 5, feeds 10 + cocktail terrace by Kirsten Dirksen on February 16, 2020 To maximize an 18 square-meter apartment (a 194 square feet studio near the sea) for a family of 3, Ángel …
Studio flat hides living area behind Mondrian-esque furniture by Kirsten Dirksen on December 8, 2019 To continue exploring the interlude between architecture and woodcraft, José Castro Caldas bought a 40m2 studio (430 sq ft) in …
Convertible NY flat expands amid high ceilings & big windows by Kirsten Dirksen on July 15, 2019 When Robert Garneau first saw the 400 square foot apartment in Midtown Manhattan, it was a cramped space painted bright …
Central cube sets Paris micro-flat into work/living/rest modes by Kirsten Dirksen on June 23, 2019 To create more functionality in a 16-square-meter (172-square-foot) Paris apartment, designers Elisa Nobile and Enrico Bona created a custom cabinet …
Precise lighting amplifies affordable, indoor/outdoor Athens flat by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2019 When Werner Maritsas found a dated and cramped 34-square-meter apartment (366 square feet) in Thiseio, a neighborhood near the Acropolis, …
A tiny Bauhaus School/home on-wheels to debate future of housing by Kirsten Dirksen on May 12, 2019 To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus (May 2019), a Berlin design group has built a miniature model of …
Transformer furniture hidden on ceiling deploys by command by Kirsten Dirksen on April 28, 2019 Having worked on the Tesla Model Y and the Apple Watch, when Sankarshan Murthy wanted to add more space to …
