Built Bill Gates’ home, then his own dream bunk-studio by Kirsten Dirksen on December 5, 2020 He designed Bill Gates’ 66,000-square foot home and a 139-million-dollar Portland federal building, but James Cutler was just as inspired …
Boatbuilder makes fireproof/ultralight Lunar Lander, shares plans by Kirsten Dirksen on August 9, 2020 Puzzled by the design of the Apollo lunar landers, catamaran-designer Kurt Hughes decided to build one, both as proof of …
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 …
La aventura humana empieza contando historias junto al fuego by Nicolás Boullosa on July 15, 2017 Mientras esperamos a que parta el ferry que atraviesa el estrecho de Juan de Fuca conectando las localidades de Port …
Kristie Wolfe builds underground home & sets rural WA hamlet by Kirsten Dirksen on September 18, 2016 Inspired by the success of the Hawaii treehouse home she built for $11,000, Kristie Wolfe began searching for land to …
Mil caras de las "casas pequeñas": reflexiones sobre ruedas by Nicolás Boullosa on January 7, 2014 Estas son las deshilachadas reflexiones sobre espacios pequeños que se nos ocurrieron hace unos meses desde una autocaravana, nuestra casa …
Micro-homesteading in WA with 10K microhome in friends’ yard by Kirsten Dirksen on October 12, 2013 Dee Williams used to live in a 2,000-square-foot, 3-bedroom home. Then she traveled to Guatelama (to help build a schoolhouse) …
My electric summer, when Washington helped resurrect the EV by Kirsten Dirksen on October 30, 2009 If this summer was the coming out party for the electric car, Washington was the host. They would seem unlikely …
