The Spanish architecture studio Abaton has developed a simple housing unit, the design of which was inspired by shipping container homes. The largest home in the company’s APH80 series, also known as Transportable House (Casa Transportable) as it is called, measures 27 square meters (9mx3m), and consists of 3 different spaces, namely a living room/kitchen, a bathroom, with a full, shower and a double bedroom, with a bed included. The house also has a gabled roof, which is 3.5 meters high and provides an added sense of spaciousness.

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This studio house is located in the desert near Joshua Tree, CA. It has been fully converted into a cozy retreat for two, and the owners are renting it out for just that purpose. This design also demonstrates just how easily old, disused out buildings like this barn can be repurposed for modern uses. A refurb like this makes for a great vacation house, but it could also easily be used as a studio or office space for a work-from-home individual. Read more »

American architect David Randall Hertz, owner of the Studio of Environmental Architecture firm, completed a one-of-a-kind home using the wings of a decommissioned PAN AM Boeing 747-100 airplane. The 747 Wing House, as the project is called, stands on 55-acres of land in the Santa Monica Mountains, near Malibu, California. The area was hit by the Green Meadows fire of 1993, resulting in total destruction of all the structures the owner had built there.

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