Experimenting keeps the magic going: beware of dogmatic “tradition” by Nicolás Boullosa on March 9, 2023 Thanks to the site and Kirsten’s YT channel, we’re lucky to be exposed to lots of architecture and (sometimes brilliant, …
Couple fits clever barnhouse & Quonset hut on skinny lot in MN by Kirsten Dirksen on June 18, 2021 On a small and affordable Minneapolis lot, Jean and Joe built a barn-style house to maximize the vertical on their …
Turning a garage into an in-law unit as empty nest alternative by Kirsten Dirksen on December 15, 2019 Stacy Lince’s family of four and her widowed mother, Lee Reich, were paying a collective $4,000 per month (and rising) …
Agile villages for fire victims as template to fix CA housing? by Kirsten Dirksen on October 20, 2019 After a fire destroyed over 5,000 homes in Santa Rosa, California, locals got together to help their neighbors: one resident …
LA startup offers custom small prefabs adapted to area code by Kirsten Dirksen on June 2, 2019 In 2017, California lawmakers forced cities to relax their regulations on backyard units; Alexis Rivas and Jemuel Joseph were ready …
Bottom-up urbanism solves urgent housing needs in CA vicinity by Kirsten Dirksen on February 3, 2019 When Johnny Sanphillippo wanted to upsize his 700-square-foot home in Sonoma County, California, he discovered that a legal backyard cottage …
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 …
Family builds 6 tiny homes for hotel on old Portland parking by Kirsten Dirksen on September 3, 2017 After 7 years living in an RV, Pam and Bruce Westra wanted to continue tiny space exploration in their new …
Dan Phillips turns backyard scraps in whimsical Texan houses by Kirsten Dirksen on April 4, 2017 Transforming wine corks and bottle caps into flooring, cow bones into countertops, frame samples into ceilings, and old deck boards …
Post-zoning in Containertopia: SF factory of container homes by Kirsten Dirksen on October 26, 2015 When we first visited Luke Iseman and Heather Stewart on a formerly abandoned lot in West Oakland (CA), they were …
