Old Denver city bus transformed as young family’s comfy home by Kirsten Dirksen on March 25, 2018 Facing an unaffordable housing market, Scott and Emily bought a retired Denver city bus at auction and rebuilt it as …
Passivhaus rooftop flat adds level to 1930’s Mexico City home by Kirsten Dirksen on January 7, 2018 Alejandro Herrera was commuting two hours each way into Mexico City for architecture school when he turned a vacant rooftop …
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 …
Couple makes garage home + campervan a consistent life combo by Kirsten Dirksen on October 15, 2017 Bryan and Jen Danger spend most nights on the road in their converted Sprinter van, but when they’re back home …
Rolling huts: metal-clad tiny wheeled homes move on a meadow by Kirsten Dirksen on July 30, 2017 When Michal Friedrich bought an old farm-turned-RV-park in Washington State’s Methow Valley, he wanted to restore the floodplain meadow while …
Made 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 …
Transforming plywood walls add rooms & service to Geneva home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 30, 2016 When a family of five in Geneva was looking to turn two large basement rooms into four, including a bedroom …
Rubik cube flat flips office, storage, dining, bedroom in SF by Kirsten Dirksen on October 16, 2016 When Donnie Wang bought his 530-square-foot studio apartment in San Francisco’s Financial District, he was single. When his now wife, …
Cube hut becomes tiny house inside small Kyoto office building by Kirsten Dirksen on February 21, 2016 When Tada Masaharu and Shojiro Endo began renting a crumbling machiya (a traditional townhouse typical of Kyoto, Japan), they wanted …
Moving walls transform home into office in Tokyo apartment by Kirsten Dirksen on November 2, 2015 To avoid paying Tokyo rents for office space, architect Yuko Shibata created moving walls that allow her to switch between …
