There are small homes, then there are smaller homes … then there are super-skinny, ultra-mini houses inside of homes. Within the thick exterior walls, a wood cabin-shaped box serves as a suspended loft bedroom space. The wooden siding and conventional cabin (or mini-house) shape make it seem almost like a forest retreat … except that it sits within a living room area in an already-small house.

Plans, designs and drawings are nice – but action photographs are where we see the real wonder of shipping container home construction. This amazing container structure was, as you can see from the photos, assembled piece by piece on site after each shipping container unit was taken there by truck. One of the best looking container homes I’ve seen!

This surprisingly cheap and simple-yet-modern shed home is has its own living area complete with fireplace, elevated bedroom loft space and separated restroom and cooking areas. It also comes equipped with highly insulated walls and windows to conserve indoor heat or cold depending on the season, radiant solar-powered in-floor and water heating, low-energy lighting, energy-efficient appliances and a variety of sheathing and roofing options for custom sustainability and style.

From its modular modern design to its shipping container components, Olgga’s student housing complex struck us as a pitch perfect project for prefab friday.

A cheap but clever custom solution, using pennies as floor tile makes a luxurious statement with ready-made pieces that cost next to nothing!

While spending 20 seconds on an escalator, where do you look? Most people just stare straight ahead – making escalators an ideal location for advertising. Check out these funny and innovative ads.

This underground nuclear missile silo was once a dank, dark and deserted structure of interest to no one – until Ed Penen began building it into the ultimate underground dream house! With 20,000 sq. ft., escape hatches and castle like guard towers, Ed has the most secure home in the world for only $48,000!

Many times, the term ‘co-op villages’ are reserved for those communities who offer a business model approach, very similar to farmer’s co-ops. They can be as primitive as a cooperative community garden or as advanced as a local alternative energy grid.

Russian, raw and radical. This industrial interior of a Russian apartment could be well suited for the interior design of a modern shipping container home!

This 1,000 square-foot weekend cabin, basically a steel box on stilts, can be completely shuttered using a hand crank when the owner is away.