From Drumming With Prince And Beyoncé To Building With Shipping Containers: Queen Cora Constructs Hurricane-Resistant Projects

Cora Coleman grew up scratching out designs on graph paper and flipping through pages of map books.

She is the third generation in her family working in real estate in Houston. She is also a professional drummer who as Queen Cora has performed with superstars such as Beyoncé and Prince and has played for audiences around the world. She is a vegan and is passionate about energy preservation, minimalism and durability.

A hodgepodge of those experiences guided her to form Building Simple Inc., a construction firm that is repurposing shipping containers for residential, commercial and recreational use.