Tiny house
Rick McNurney and Leah Milcarek outside their “tiny house” (Photos by M. Turton)

Future Homes

You Think Your House is Small?

Leah Milcarek and Rick McNurney’s “tiny house” is slightly more than 400 square feet. And they both work from home. Why did they choose to live so small?

Printer Pod

For a brief, shining moment, it looked as if Garrison would be the gateway to a utopian future of eco-friendly, multi-planetary living.

A House Attune with Nature

Some architectural concepts are difficult to understand. Passive Housing is not. If you’ve closed the blinds on a summer day to block the midday sun from heating up your house, you have the basic concept down.

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