September 9, 2010

Manitoba man redefines style for recycled shipping-container residence – Montreal Gazette

Manitoba man redefines style for recycled shipping – container residence Montreal Gazette Shipping – container homes have popped all over the world, some as single-user units and others stacked on top of one another to create a two-storey palace.

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Housing the Homeless – FWWeekly

Housing the Homeless FWWeekly He’d like to see needy military veterans, who make up about a quarter of the Fort Worth homeless population, get first crack at his container homes . …

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Shipping container homes go ‘mini’ – Mother Nature Network

Mother Nature Network Shipping container homes go 'mini' Mother Nature Network 'Tis the season for gingerbread houses, miniature Christmas villages, dollhouses topped with bows … and tiny shipping container homes ? ..

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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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Thinking inside the box

 

Hilo-based Green Island recently began building a 2,000-square-foot home on the Big Island designed by Honolulu architect Patrick Tozier using four 40-foot containers for a Mainland couple planning to move to Hawai’i.  

  Several local architects and builders working with containers say commercial home production from the heavy gauge steel boxes is in its infancy in Hawai’i, and that broader development remains questionable given financing difficulty, permitting challenges and possible aesthetic objections.

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