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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marie Saldivar’s experimental metal-clad dwelling is the perfect place to host family—and proof of concept for her new prefab ...

Hundreds of Minnesota families lived in corrugated steel sheds called Quonset huts after World War II — an economical but temporary solution to the era's housing crisis. The "ugly but necessary" ...

In 2014, Iain Harris had more than a vision of how to convert a 1942 Quonset hut — packed with rubbish from squatters and industrial relics of a former stained-glass factory — into a home. He also had ...

Detroit's latest innovation in housing and work space development involves steel, dome-shaped structures known as Quonset huts, a seemingly novel idea, but: They've been here before. New York ...

Semicircular topped Quonset huts, often relics of World War II, are starting to go to scrap yards like tanks, cannons and ships from that long-ago conflict. However, many have been in service ...

The development of nine Quonset huts in a Detroit neighborhood is complete, with tenants now living and working in the half-moon-shaped steel structures built on once-vacant land on 16th Street near ...

Quonset huts, a common sight in old war movies, may sound foreign and vaguely exotic, but the name actually derives from the Quonset Point Naval Air Station in Rhode Island, where the U.S. Navy first ...

DETROIT – Detroit is bringing in the old for a new type of neighborhood: welcome to True North. Truth North is a Quonset hut community that opened earlier this summer to residents. The community, ...