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Located on New Zealand’s North Island along the Coromandel Peninsula, this timber-clad shipping container house by Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects captures the simplicity of living with nature. An open-plan layout extends the interior toward the surrounding landscape and ocean, while a built-in mechanism reveals a drop-down deck on one side of the unique holiday home.

New sliding doors from Marvin enable the family to seamlessly move between the indoors and the refurbished patio.

Although The Goat Heads are mostly clad in metal, it’s the plastic panel walls at the entries that really shine. “In the evening they act like lanterns and animate the courtyards,” says Rogers. Their glow is tempered by the concrete breeze-block walls. “It was important that the units weren’t too bright—part of the beauty out here is the sky at night.”

To turn a home into a permanent residence for a family of four, Rama Estudio attached a prefab glass-and-steel box that extends into the surrounding wilderness.

According to the firm, the key points of the design of the Pipa House are modularity, quality, sustainability, adaptability, and materiality.

The trailer comes with two sleeping areas, each positioned on opposite ends of the interior.

Measuring nearly 100 square feet, the trailer offers plenty of space for a short-term rental and includes a well-equipped kitchenette, sleeping area, and full bathroom.

According to the hotel chain, "Good Spot offers mobile apartments that can appear anywhere.

A floor plan of the 222-square-foot Jayco after the transformation.

The couple also updated all of the faded lights, which dramatically freshened up the exterior.

A before shot of the cab and dining area.

The couple painted the camper’s wood paneling a crisp white, and installed vinyl wood floors.

Taylor embraced her automotive design background in the cab area of the motor home, re-trimming the driver and passenger doors and other areas of the space. “I had some leftover Kvadrat/Maharam fabric from another project” she says. “That really helped to modernize and elevate that space.”

A before shot of the bedroom. The dresser was replaced with a desk.

Taylor and Mike kept the Jayco’s original footprint, with the bedroom located in the back.

A before shot of the kitchen and the corridor leading to the bedroom.

The couple painted the cabinetry a soothing blue, adding just the right pop of color to the white and wood interior.

“Most RVs are huge, white beasts with loud graphics, and we wanted to do something different,” Taylor says. The couple settled on painting the body Behr Brooklyn and the cab Behr Midnight in NY. They used a sprayer to apply the exterior latex house paint, and Taylor says “so far it’s holding up great!”

“Even someone with my limited upholstery skills could achieve a decent result,” Taylor says. “There was a pocket on the door that was droopy and almost unusable, so we replaced it with a few bungee cords to hold bigger items.”