The wildly successful Swedish company, Ikea, is seeking to move ecologically optimized tiny houses to the mainstream. These tiny houses, or trailers around 200 square feet, bear the company’s trademark airy and minimalist style and retail for around $50,000.With Ikea’s … Continue reading →
I received an email from Susan Johnson titled “Owen my friend” and she has given me permission to post it here: I met Owen so long ago. In the early 70’s, Owen built his first house. He began coming to … Continue reading →
Ten years ago when Tim Kroeker’s last child finally graduated high school, he and his wife decided it was now or never to follow through on their many years-long dream of building a house…an alternative house…in “the country”. They had … Continue reading →
This man built a beautiful off-grid cabin with the help of friends for $65,000 CAD including the cost of the land. There was no road access to his lot so he had to bring in all of the building materials … Continue reading →
A crew of students from the Yale School of Architecture has assembled the wooden frame of a one-story building on Horse Island, a 17-acre property off the coast of Branford, Connecticut. They are building a teaching and coastal research center … Continue reading →
O.U.R. Ecovillage in British Columbia is hosting the Advancing Natural Building Colloquium as an online virtual event. They are inviting the natural building community & friends of the movement to join them Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 27th-29th to learn … Continue reading →