Nicolás Boullosa

Following legacy rules can backfire. When he was told not to build underground in 1976, he did it anyway. A ravaging F4 tornado in 1990 (Springfield, MO) proved him right: his house was unscathed, while neighbors lost it all. Watch video by @kirstendirksen faircompanies.com/videos/was-tol…

Link to the full video on YouTube: "Was told not to build underground. Ravaging tornado proved him right" youtu.be/UkzKW1jsWqk

Following legacy rules can backfire. When he was told not to build underground in 1976, he did it anyway. A ravaging F4 tornado in 1990 (Springfield, MO) proved him right: his house was unscathed, while neighbors lost it all. Watch video by @kirstendirksen faircompanies.com/videos/was-tol…

Link to the full video on YouTube: "Swedish-inspired backyard cottage works as secluded oasis home" youtu.be/7glOSGqPqCE

What if your dream cottage fit between the trees out back? In 2013, Su Pang built a 500-sqft Swedish-inspired home in her Oakland backyard —around old redwoods, walnuts & a bathtub on the deck. Mortgage-free ever since. Watch the video by @kirstendirksen faircompanies.com/videos/swedish…

Link to the full video on YouTube: "Family wanted to start over. They helped build opt-in village, applications open" youtu.be/5hiLNnzbj8o

Sarah & her family of 5 left the city for a dirt road 45 minutes into northern Arizona. They're the first residents of Coslor Cove (an off-grid coop where 200 families will own their land, power, food & water). Watch the video by @kirstendirksen 🏙️ ->🏜️🏡 faircompanies.com/videos/family-…

Link to the full video on YouTube: youtu.be/EKxNFERakO0

He could have just built the dream retirement home, but got the working farm first. The house is a circle with a triangular office overhead, resembling a surf fin. Simple geometry looking out at the homestead & ocean 🏄 Watch the video by @kirstendirksen faircompanies.com/videos/profess…

Link to the full video on YouTube: "Leaves rat race, digs himself remote earthen home with underground round chamber" youtu.be/HQdpXFZw9HY

Sammy Klein dug a deep concavity in his Arizona desert lot, then put the dirt back, shaping it into his dream home. On quitting an Ohio office job to hand-build a half-buried earthbag dome. 4 years in, still going 🚐→🛖 Watch the video by @kirstendirksen faircompanies.com/videos/leaves-…

Link to the full video on YouTube: "Couple encases brick farm inside greenhouse for indoor/outdoor all year" youtu.be/1O3hL6OFNhE

On a windswept Danish island, a couple wrapped their brick home in a greenhouse, turning winter sun into a livable garden for open, slow living. 21,000 reclaimed bricks, salvaged parts, patience. Would you live like this? Watch the video by @kirstendirksen youtu.be/1O3hL6OFNhE

Link to the full video on YouTube: "Couple builds homestead of 12 earthen domes linked like private village" youtu.be/pehYNR8PnsQ

Nicolette & Ian created a home of 12 linked domes in 12 months (no prior experience, no contractor) using earth-filled superadobe bags on a tight budget. Their solar-PV homestead uses greywater to grow a resilient garden. Watch the video by @kirstendirksen faircompanies.com/videos/couple-…

Link to the full video on YouTube: "Thrifty couple builds self-reliant, $60K homestead & workshop" youtu.be/Io2JkJmjPtQ

Eugene arrived in Blanco, TX & pitched a tent 🏕️ Then, he built a porch for it. Then a shelter. Then a kitchen. Marlena joined in 2016. Over a decade on, home, workshop, rainfed garden, rental cabin: a thriving homestead. Watch the video by @kirstendirksen faircompanies.com/videos/thrifty…

Link to the full video on YouTube: "Tall couple’s budget compact home: 1 space, infinite (movable) configurations" youtu.be/WDAaUPZTV1w

After years on the road in their custom RV on wheels, Scott & Susan built a 600 sq ft home outside Tucson with many rooms into one. A set of self-built cabinets on rolls allows countless layouts & configurations 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🔄🏡✨🌵 Watch the video by @kistendirksen faircompanies.com/videos/tall-co…

RIP, a man really practicing what he believed in

And here are the links, on *faircompanies and YouTube, of our second visit with Charles when he was 92 years old ("Guide to the Good Life from architect-farmer amid redwoods: 55 years off-grid"): YT youtu.be/Kx02U4VvT2M & *FC faircompanies.com/videos/guide-t…

Link to the full 1st video on our visit to Charles Bello on YouTube: youtu.be/2qcsWajivnI

Charles Bello has passed away. A disciple of Richard Neutra who chose the forest. 55 years, 400 acres, everything built by hand. His enchantment with nature was not a performance. It was simply who he was. Rest well, Charles🌲1st video: 50 years off-grid: faircompanies.com/videos/50-year…