A Barcelona-based designer, Africa Lao moved to the country to simplify; she was lucky to find a crumbling 60m2 - 645sqft hayloft from the 1700s to restore, which became her minimal dream home with reveal furniture-rooms. Watch the video by Kirsten Dirksen faircompanies.com/videos/turns-s…

Inspired by how birds build their nests, architects Jack Becker & Andrew Linn wove the partition walls of their Grass House out of willows & a bamboo structure. Tall & thin, the backyard ADU is a natural-materials wonder. Watch the video by Kirsten Dirksen faircompanies.com/videos/tranqui…

Screenwriter/director Wash Westmoreland wanted to turn an old garage behind his LA home into a home-studio with many roles: rental, writing cottage & screening room. His ADU combines built-in furniture & solstice windows. Watch the video by Kirsten Dirksen faircompanies.com/videos/turns-u…

LA backyard home is built-ins gem with solstice windows (Stonehenge-like)

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Boeing retiree & micro-shelter designer Paul Elkins wanted to go beyond trailers: his Pedal RV turns from bike into bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, & lounge, in a little larger space than him, all at 0.00025 of vanlife cost. Watch the video by Kirsten Dirksen faircompanies.com/videos/boeing-…

Julien Cohen’s first home was carved into the side of a hill in La Roque Gageac, a French troglodytic village stacked against a sheer cliff. He DIY restored the home, which opens to the valley and Dordogne River below. Watch the video by Kirsten Dirksen 🪨 faircompanies.com/videos/cliff-h…

With two years & $20K, retired winery engineer Dave Orton turned a Ford Transit into an off-grid van home that sleeps 2, sits 4, & packs toilet, kitchen, & indoor shower. His modular build uses 80/20 aluminum extrusions. Watch the video by Kirsten Dirksen faircompanies.com/videos/retired…

Ash Brinkmeyer Oh my gosh. That is stunning.

I was just watching Kirsten Dirksen and earth ships in New Mexico youtu.be/wVp5koAOu9M?si…

One of my favorite videos. It is an extreme opposite of the consumerism economy which makes it so appealing to me.

But the sun sets just are amazing.

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40 years ago, William bought land for $6K on the Big Island to grow food & build dwellings. Now, the homestead packs several off-grid cabins concealed by green roofs & a food forest he planted on US's southernmost point. Watch the video by Kirsten Dirksen faircompanies.com/videos/oldtime…

Ethan Liebross didn’t want to take out more loans for medical school, so he converted a 2015 van into an off-grid home in which to live while in school. The 2-month DIY conversion includes amenities on a budget of $14K. Watch the video by Kirsten Dirksen faircompanies.com/videos/med-stu…

see brilliant, ingenious #SelfBuild cabin/house system Biokabin - Living Light on the Land, from Spanish architect David Tapias, carpenter Gerard Marmolejo et al, collaborating with ace #AlternativeHousing documenters Kirsten Dirksen & Nicolás Boullosa Nicolás Boullosa:
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People have asked us what our ideal simple home would look like. Enter Biokabin, a modular eco-home made of wood to snap & build with no fancy tools. It can be as small as 1 module (100 sqft, 9m2) or add more modules. Watch the video by Kirsten Dirksen faircompanies.com/videos/biokabi…

Christian Curry is the 1st of his friends to buy a home. At 22, he got a 600 sqft starter home within biking distance of downtown Tempe AZ. Tempe Micro Estates aims to bring affordable housing to the booming college town. Watch the video by Kirsten Dirksen faircompanies.com/videos/at-22-b…

With 150 trees across 5 floors of terraces, balconies, & gardens, Turin condominium 25 Verde rises like a giant treehouse: a forest-building ecosystem combining geothermal, water reuse, & natural cooling for 63 units. Watch the video by Kirsten Dirksen faircompanies.com/videos/forest-…

Brian Stark went 85 feet high with 64 containers atop culverts to create the US' tallest container tower. This 18-condo self-sufficient structure gathers rain & solar, peeking above a self-forming container neighborhood. Watch the video by Kirsten Dirksen faircompanies.com/videos/us-tall…

Just outside downtown Waco, TX, you find a desert of small bungalows drowned by large lots, but Cameron Bell has squeezed 4 narrow houses onto his quarter acre, creating a pocket neighborhood of unique shotgun houses. Watch the video by Kirsten Dirksen faircompanies.com/videos/turns-e…

Can plants be shaped structurally so they become living buildings, encasing entire facades that help carry load and clean the air? Ferdinand Ludwig & Daniel Schönle do precisely so with Baubotanik, inspired by ancient tree shaping from Japan to India 🌿 faircompanies.com/videos/baubota…

AutoEvolution's Elena Gorgan publishes Kirsten Dirksen's story on Kamal Kadhar's Octopouse Expandable Home (self-funded by Kadhar as an Uber driver) with great title & explanation: '$50K Expandable Home Triples in Size at Camp, Can Be Towed with an SUV' autoevolution.com/news/50k-expan…

10 years ago, Kamal Kadhar envisioned a home that could be moved & unfolded in 1 hour with everything inside. Using his earnings as an Uber driver, Kamal built a container home using 5-ft leg jacks so no crane was needed. Watch the video by Kirsten Dirksen faircompanies.com/videos/frugal-…

15 years ago, Jade Chen left NY to settle on a remote lava field far from any store or utility. She bought 1/6 of an acre to create an off-grid Oasis, building 3 rugged & cozy tiny homes on stilts around small gardens. Watch the video by Kirsten Dirksen 🌋faircompanies.com/videos/left-ny…