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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 me looking at fabrication rather than recycling here in Cebu,Philippines...

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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 and over priced in general. You can find prices fluctuate depending on the time of year and even old containers seem to survive here decades...

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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 the point? A lot of the designs go out their way to make the old furniture fit into a new home and quite simply it...

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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 each other. The idea is mass housing relief to a disaster stricken area and the units are designed round a shelter for a family of...

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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 you can also make them an extremely portable sales unit and have developed a company round the concept. From an exhibition and event perspective these...

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