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Five years ago Catholic priest Johannes Schwarz left his parish to “withdraw for a few years” in the Italian Alps (in the shadow of his beloved Monte Viso). He bought an old “rustico” – stone farm building – for 20,000…

He lived in a dumpster, then designed a slick plug-and-play prefab that got stuck in permitting purgatory, but now Jeff Wilson, AKA “Professor Dumpster,” has released an ultra-nimble modular shelter that he believes could circumvent permits and deploys in just…

Dustin and I recently spent two nights at this glamping tent rental compound in Yucca Valley, CA and LOVED IT! (rental link further below) We were out teaching a hands-on tiny house building workshop in the area and this was…

Emanuele Almagioni wanted to build a home in a cold and windy, but very sunny, town high in the Italian Alps that would use the sun to provide all of its heating needs. With winter low temperatures reaching -25°C (-13°F)…

Dead spray paint (rattle) cans is a common problem for people. They sit around awhile and lose their propellant and in most areas you can’t toss or recycle them unless they are fully empty (which seems tough to do). Well,…

When Barbara Bestor was tasked with turning 5 mostly-abandoned lots into 18 homes in LA’s Echo Park, she knew the neighborhood opposition to multi-family units so she performed “stealth density” by crafting duplexes and triplexes that look like single-family homes.…

When Nancy and her husband found a lot at the edge of Catalonia’s Garraf forest, they wanted a home that would fit the environment so they wrapped their home in cork insulation and installed a “natural” swimming pool that uses…

After spending years cycling around the world, Martijn Doolaard was ready for a more permanent home and he wanted something with a view. Remembering the rough beauty of the peaks of Val Pellice from a bike trip, Doolaard discovered dozens…

To convert a garage into a home, Ramiro Losada-Amor left the structure untouched and dropped a birch box inside to operate as a transforming home within a home. “That box is like a Swiss Army Knife where everything can open…