Being outdoors all year without being outside: do courtyards make sense? by Nicolás Boullosa on March 4, 2026 From the Alhambra to California backyards, an ancient architectural typology shows how patios, plants, and water create microclimates, social space, …
Homesteading from the Homestead Act to YouTube. A real American Dream? by Nicolás Boullosa on February 19, 2026 The tools changed from axe and almanac to solar and smartphones, but the old wager remains: live deliberately, outside the …
Normal until it breaks: A modern life with few redundancies by Nicolás Boullosa on January 10, 2026 How car crashes, blackouts, and bureaucratic glitches reveal the fragility of our optimized world—and why resilience now means living with …
Reenchantment: Autumn’s light, solitary huts & the art of seeing afresh by Nicolás Boullosa on October 22, 2025 What if a text read like a slow walk? The truest form of luxury is not online but contemplative. Autumn …
Quiet corners of the internet: on friendship, inquiry & slow connection by Nicolás Boullosa on July 23, 2025 The internet can sometimes live up to its promise and be a force for good. One of the places where …
Until it’s gone syndrome: seeing home through the eyes of distance by Nicolás Boullosa on June 27, 2025 From a forgotten Mediterranean hillside to the streets of Paris and Barcelona. On presentism, memory, and the clarity that comes …
Building budget homestead little by little in worthless, remote (is)land by Kirsten Dirksen on June 16, 2025 Thirty years ago, Vici stood on the rocky hillsides of Serifos and imagined a home made of stone — like …
He excavated earth-sheltered home of dry stone into rugged seacliff by Kirsten Dirksen on May 25, 2025 Dug into the mountainside and built with the very earth excavated to make space for it, Xerolithi House is a …
Couple’s alleyway home feels like oasis farm in the middle of DC by Kirsten Dirksen on March 31, 2025 Tucked away in a Capitol Hill alley, Jack Becker and Maddie Hoagland-Hanson’s Brown House is a lush oasis in the …
Learning to live in cities in the Southwest, 11th-century edition by Nicolás Boullosa on October 10, 2024 How ancient Puebloan societies built resilient, sustainable cities in extreme climates—lessons for modern living without relying on 24/7/365 climate control …
