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In Australia, a manufacturer and an architecture firm create an off-grid home that can be broken down and shipped across the world.

Casper’s Haven bed frame.

The entire frame is wrapped in premium felted wool made in Italy.

Casper’s Repose bed frame.

Sculpted oak legs connect with rounded edges to protect your shins from sharp encounters.

The leaning headboard of the Repose is available in wood (natural or dark oak) or a soft basket weave fabric in three color options (light gray, navy tweed, and soft pink).

Nine shipping containers form the basis of this new multigenerational house near Denver.

In addition to saving on construction costs, upcycling an old container can be an eco-friendly alternative to building from the ground up.

This prefabricated kit house by Adam Kalkin is designed from recycled shipping containers. Its 2,000-square-foot plan includes three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths. The shell of the Quik House can be assembled in one day, and the entire home can be built in three months or less.

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.

Maximizing a 280-square-foot plot, House Tokyo by Unemori Architects makes clever use of ceiling heights and half levels.

Kanuka Valley House by WireDog Architecture

“During summer there is so much greenery, and it grows and changes every day. It’s very different in the autumn and winter—even the acoustics are different,

The Fish Camp acts as the couple’s forest getaway, just a quarter mile from their main house.

A striking compound in the 9,500-acre Galisteo Basin Preserve acts as a refuge for a retiree with her family and friends. It even has a stable for her treasured horses, too.

Cristián created slots in the rear facade so that each home’s primary bedroom could have three exposures. The voids also allowed him to install skylights that illuminate the ground floor. The detailing of the ribbed exterior was adapted from a large institutional building designed by his father—“really almost a cut and paste,” says Cristián. The overhang at the rear of the building offers partial cover for the private walled patio that each family enjoys.

Floor plan of Starter Home by Lehrer Architects