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Why Not To Live In A Shipping Container House.

May 18, 2012
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The whole concept of shipping container houses are people get it and understand the idea and concept wanting to put it into practice and show how its done. But why not live in a shipping container? First thing is you listen to other people and how being different is a bad thing. The same...

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Why I Love Modular Home Construction.

May 15, 2012
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Modular construction isn’t a new method of home construction but does seem to be catching on in a much bigger way in recent years. For me originally looking at modular and prefabricated it reminded me of the 50s and 60s videos I watched with...

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All Quiet On The Shipping Container Home Front?

May 13, 2012
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With a lot of things going on lately its been difficult to get on with the blog as we have had a lot of visitors. At the same time we have had an increasing amount of interest in shipping container housing which has started...

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Fabricating Container Homes In The Philippines Over Shipping Container Conversions.

May 4, 2012
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Fabricating Container Homes In The Philippines Over Shipping Container Conversions.

People are always pushing the recycling of shipping containers as the main concern in the container home building circuit but over here in the Philippines they are rather battered...

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Shipping Container Homes Do Some People Miss The Point?

May 4, 2012
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I sigh sometimes looking at shipping container homes as often its an architect monstrosity trying to create something for only one reason, Free publicity. Have some people really missed...

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SHRIMP (Sustainable Housing for Refugees via Mass Production)

May 1, 2012
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SHRIMP (Sustainable Housing for Refugees via Mass Production)

SHRIMP (Sustainable Housing for Refugees via Mass Production) is a rather unique container house project with its ability to extend parts of the building due to them folding within...

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Shipping Containers Into Pop Out Spaces By WhiteCrate

May 1, 2012
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Shipping Containers Into Pop Out Spaces By WhiteCrate

Shipping containers are starting to become the norm not only for house construction but also for reusing as offices and other buildings. WhiteCrate has taken on the realisation that...

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Shipping Container House Project In Connecticut

April 25, 2012
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Shipping Container House Project In Connecticut

The photos below were taken by the client owner of the shipping container home being constructed in New Haven, Connecticut. What interested me most about this design is that...

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Shipping Container Accommodation For The Oil Industry

April 25, 2012
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Shipping Container Accommodation For The Oil Industry

These Shipping container accommodation units were built up in Saskatchewan Province Canada for 3Twenty Solutions. They specialise in buildings for mining and oil companies. Due to the harsh locations...

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Shipping Container Building Supports

April 25, 2012
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The shipping container house that we designed in New Haven, Connecticut is now complete. But I wanted to share his video of some of its construction as it does...

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Sustainable Green Housing For New Orleans

April 23, 2012
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Sustainable Green Housing For New Orleans

When I seen these home designs it instantly appealed to me as the use of natural foliage for shade is something that can also be utilised for shipping container...

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House from a box – Roese Sunshower SSIP house

April 22, 2012
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House from a box – Roese Sunshower SSIP house

In one of the worst hit areas from Hurricane Katrina which left heavy flooding in its aftermath developers have come up with a new prototype home that is designed...

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residential containers’ by HSH architects

April 20, 2012
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residential containers’ by HSH architects

HSH architects came up with this unique project called ‘residential containers’. They added containers onto rooftops of existing buildings. They added extra rooms to existing buildings while the existing...

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Modern Two-Story Shipping Container House.

April 20, 2012
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Modern Two-Story Shipping Container House.

This well crafted shipping container home can be found in El Tiemblo, Spain and was the idea of James & Mau Arquitectura. Formed out of 4 x 40ft shipping...

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patrick partouche: maison in lesquin

April 19, 2012
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patrick partouche: maison in lesquin

Probably one of the strangest buildings we have come across but it all actually makes sense. The shipping container is both inside and outside of the building but the...

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