Off-grid container home uses pulleys to lower/raise bed & deck by Kirsten Dirksen on July 19, 2021 Vojtěch Valda’s shipping container house runs on wind, solar, and pulleys. He and his carpenter brother converted the 20-foot (6 …
Famed designer’s cabin conceals back-to-basics building tips by Kirsten Dirksen on November 28, 2020 In 1938 architect and designer Charlotte Perriand designed a mountain shelter able to withstand the harsh elements of any mountaintop …
Bed, wardrobe & washer stack in Mediterranean tiny apartment by Kirsten Dirksen on October 31, 2020 With only 25 square meters (270 square feet) to work with, Yuda Naimi decided to think cubically when redesigning a …
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 …
