You just compared an artisan detail feature with common labor. Framing isn’t particularly “skilled”…whereas finished and custom carpentry work kinda is. So no, framing a house ISN’T hard nor expensive. Timber is also vastly more sustainable than shipping containers.

Architect here, and more than happy to rip this concept apart because there’s a whole lot more to it than you’d assume in terms of permitting and construction.

Wasn’t there a bipartisan bill expanding public school funding passed earlier this past summer? Kinda a generalized statement there.