Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of Swedish furnishing retailer IKEA together with the construction company Skanska conceptualized the BoKlok affordable modular housing concept in the 1990s. Giving life to the vision, the collaboration has entered an agreement with Worthing Borough Council ...
Shipping container architecture is a popular trend that seems to have pushed through in the past few years. From shipping container hotels to small homes and repurposed swimming pools, we have seen a number of examples of how these large ...
Starting out from the US, tiny house movement has come a long way, gradually spreading throughout the world with Europe being no exception. Bruno Thiéry is seemingly handling the French tiny house movement all by himself, he runs a tiny house company ...
High cost of traditional housing in Seattle piloted Julianna Carlson, a Delridge resident to build a shipping container home as her first home. Despite any previous architectural understanding, she sketched out her own two-story home and achieved the design with six shipping ...
Tiny house movement has emerged as one of the biggest trends since it permits people to save on high housing costs while experiencing a downsized lifestyle. Nicolette Cascione and her boyfriend Michael are new members to join the bandwagon. This young ...
New York and Italy-based architectural design studio LOT/EK has designed Drivelines Studios, a residential community in Johannesburg, for the South African company Propertuity. Made using 140 upcycled shipping containers, it is a 75,000-square-foot residential building that offers affordable rental accommodations in ...
The idea of transforming ugly shipping containers into fully-furnished homes may sound strange, but in recent years it has spread like a wildfire, particularly in tune with the tiny house movement. With continuous rise in popularity of shipping container architecture; ...
Chinese company James Law Cybertecture has come up OPod Tube housing concept that appears to be a possible solution to address the never-ending, affordable housing problems around the world. They are planning to repurpose concrete water pipes as modular micro-housing ...
Companies and architects around the world have realized that shipping container architecture is not only popular among people for minimal aesthetics, but they can also help save money. The Greece-based startup Cocoon Modules is also trying to bank in on ...
When wanting an affordable, speedily-built home or a cozy glamping cabin, it’s time for the trendy flat-packed homes to come to the fore. Italian architect Renato Vidal has also come up with M.A.Di., a flat-pack A-framed cabin that can be erected ...
