Marie Saldivar’s experimental metal-clad dwelling is the perfect place to host family—and proof of concept for her new prefab company. "I always take on a bit too much," says Marie Saldivar, which, it ...
In Detroit, one developer has turned Quonset huts—better known for their use on farms and military bases—into affordable, efficient housing. On a half-vacant block a few miles outside of downtown ...
Emerging now on an empty Detroit lot is a taste of a unique housing project designed by a Los Angeles architect with world-class credentials and financed by a New York City developer and entrepreneur.
Since the late 1940s, a curious corrugated metal hut has been nestled among the Victorian shotguns and grand center-halls a half block from the river on Desire Street in Bywater. The squat, ...
When Amy and Jeremy Gill bought two tiny Austin Avenue lots in the Woodbine area of Nashville, they knew they wanted to create an artist community there. The husband and wife duo's collective skillset ...
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Romancing the Quonset hut (1)

The forgotten shelter that survived Tacloban’s 1944 superstorm. Not far from today’s ruined shoreline of Tacloban once stood a US naval base that faced another monster storm— long before Supertyphoon ...
CANTON The Quonset Hut is officially in its new home after months of planning and work. That the store would move likely ranks among one of the area's worst kept business secrets. Quonset Hut left the ...
CAMP PENDLETONCAMP PENDLETON — Quonset huts have an important place in the history of Camp Pendleton. Marines have occupied them for nearly 75 years. During the early 1940s, Camp Pendleton is believed ...