As they say, one door closes and another opens. A Lewiston design firm, Shelter +7 Inc., has had a long-term working relationship with a West Gardiner builder who now wants to dial back his workload.

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 ...

A World War II hangar and two Quonset huts are one step closer to relocating and getting a makeover in Goleta. The Goleta Planning Commission approved the ...

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 ...

Designed by architect Marlon Blackwell, PS1200 is a mixed-use development with apartments, offices, a restaurant, a coffee shop and a gallery, all built from modified Quonset huts. Tim Hursley / ...

From war relic to blueprint for climate-resilient communities. The Quonset hut story did not end in 1945. Its DNA lives on in modern refugee shelters, emergency clinics, and tiny houses that echo its ...

Reader question: Why are there two military Quonset huts in the middle of Green Bay? Answer: "A pop can lying on its side" is one of the ways the November/December 2019 issue of Humanities from the ...

Quonset huts, used as temporary housing by the military during World War II, became student housing on college campuses after the war. The enrollments at colleges and universities surged when ...