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One of the lessons in the first wave of modern prefab, almost a decade ago now, was that it was easy to get excited about small green designs, but you had to have a place to put them. The same issue is facing the current pioneers

Sustainable materials and eco-friendly design principles reign at these exemplary low-impact homes

Sustainable materials and eco-friendly design principles reign at these exemplary low-impact homes

I like to watch the prefab world closely, but there's one company that I haven't mentioned yet. That company, Deltec Homes, pops up in the news every other week or so. Indeed, I noticed these homes are selling well in Canada, according

Using seven recycled shipping containers, architect Bernard Morin and wife Joyce Labelle built this contemporary residence in St. Adele, Quebec. The home is the first of many to come for their new company, Maison Idekit, which will

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This modern container home is absolutely beautiful. Located in Pont-Pean, France, if I’m not mistaken, the Crossbox house is a small 104 sq. m. family home constructed from four shipping containers. The structure is cross-shaped; two black-painted containers compose the ground floor, and two green-painted containers compose the second floor, positioned to create shade, a …

Winghouse is a 80sqm mobile residence or office space that folds into a standard container with all ISO fittings in place for easy transport.

Okay, really the only connection to Valentine's Day is the color of the home, but check out this bold, industrial container home in Lille, France. Designed by Patrick Partouche with eight intermodal shipping container units,

Toronto-based housing company MEKA -- that is, modular, environmental, kinetic, assembly -- made national headlines with the launch of small container homes this week. Seeking the ultimate trifecta of style, sustainability, and affordability, this start-up aims to produce "the

As families needs grow over time, so can their houses by adding additional modules, in the same way as the new branches of a tree.

Big, strong and seemingly unbreakable — shipping containers are a great place to start for a new style of building!