Art of Elevated Living – Container Home Tour
February 3, 2022
Check out this video made by The Art of Elevated Living youtube channel. Carl gives an in-depth tour of the... Read More
Events
HBA Home Tour – Oct. 15th-17th
October 12, 2021
Street of Dreams Happy Valley 2021
June 22, 2021
The Street of Dreams returns to Happy Valley from July 31st to August 22, 2021. And this year, the home... Read More
Feature in Portland Home Builder’s Association Magazine
March 8, 2021
Check out our latest issue featured in Portland’s very own Home Builders Association Magazine! Carl Coffman explains how Relevant... Read More
Watch Carl Break Down the Shop to Site Set-Up Process of the De Lux 40′
January 14, 2021
Watch Carl of Relevant Buildings Company walk through the conversion process of the De Lux 40′ container home model... Read More
15 Train Cars Derail Near a Relevant Buildings Company Property
January 8, 2021
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Video Tour – How RBC Repurposes Shipping Containers into Homes
January 8, 2021
Watch owner Carl Coffman tour Relevant Building Company’s innovative tiny container home models, which are all building code compliant.... Read More
3 Affordable and Stylish Shipping Container Homes Sprout Up in Oregon
August 19, 2020
They’ve traveled across vast oceans. Now they will provide shelter for a buyer who loves their stylish vision. Three homes... Read More
Clark County Recycled Arts Festival
July 2, 2019
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) — The Clark County Recycled Arts Festival is celebrating its 14th year this Saturday and Sunday. The... Read More
This business owner builds homes out of shipping containers
June 26, 2019
Oregon City, OR – Carl Coffman is betting that in the near future, people will want to live in shipping... Read More
Making Homes out of Used Shipping Containers
April 26, 2019
PORTLAND, OR (KATU) – In celebration of Earth Day, KATU highlights a local builder who is tackling one of the... Read More
Oregon City business transforms old shipping containers into state-of-the-art-homes
February 8, 2019
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – Oregon is known for making strides in sustainability. But there is one local man who’s making... Read More
Portland Developer Builds Homes From Shipping Containers
November 6, 2018
OREGON CITY, Ore. — A Portland developer is fighting climate change one four-ton shipping container at a time. Carl Coffman... Read More
A look inside proposed ‘7th Street Container Lofts’
October 26, 2018
Earlier this year, the St. Helens City Council approved a renewable 50-year lease with Portland-based developer and entrepreneur Carl Coffman... Read More
New Standard For Shipping Container Homes
April 10, 2018
Relevant Buildings Sets New Standard For Shipping Container Homes CANBY, Oregon – March 13, 2018 – As Portland-Metro housing prices... Read More
Conditional Use Permit In St. Helens
July 14, 2017
The St. Helens Planning Commission approved conditional use permit for an 8-unit housing structure. The planning commission unanimously approved a... Read More
Shipping containers get new life
February 20, 2017
Every year, millions of shipping containers come to the United States carrying cargo and consumer goods. Thousands of them never... Read More