September 8, 2010

Modern, Colorful and Creative Shipping Container Home in Houston – Inhabitat (blog)

Inhabitat (blog) Modern, Colorful and Creative Shipping Container Home in Houston Inhabitat (blog) Shipping container homes just keep on getting cooler.

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Green Horizon Prefab Container Homes – Interior Design

Interior Design Green Horizon Prefab Container Homes Interior Design California-based company Green Horizon will exhibit their SFH40 Single-Family Home / container house at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, …

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Containers slated for burnt land – Kathimerini

Containers slated for burnt land Kathimerini Illegally built residences in the charred forests of Attica, Viotia and Evia look set to be replaced by container homes , following a decision by the …

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Green Container House in Houston – Jetson Green (blog)

Green Container House in Houston Jetson Green (blog) Some of you may be tired of container homes , but this one, the Cordell House, is too interesting not to talk about.

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Container Home by M2ATK

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Container Home by M2ATK

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Building with Shipping Containers

This finished house is virtually indistinguishable from conventional housing

This finished house is virtually indistinguishable from conventional housing

An idea whose time seems to have arrived is the use of stockpiled shipping containers as modular units for building homes. Because of the balance of trade in the United States, these hefty steel boxes are piling up in ports around the country and posing a storage problem. Several architects and builders are taking advantage of this surplus to recycle the containers. full story