Hello world! We are back from the dead.

Containerist.com is about breathing new life into something that has seemingly past it’s prime. Just like old sea cans get abandoned at the seaport for years on end, only to be…

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Haiti, Revisited.

Soon after the quake in Haiti a contribution of $50 was made from my direction to help those poor souls. That minuscule donation went to the Red Cross and in…

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A Texas Containerist Paradise? Quite Possibly.

I think I may have found a sort of Shangri-La for those of us dreaming of doing anything we want with a piece of property–building what the heck we want…

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Seoul Has Got Flair. Thanks, Germany?

I woke up this morning to an email from an “M” stating that my site didn’t have any link or article pointing to their site. I checked out the link…

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Emergency Shelters for Haiti: Yes! But Not So Fast…

I want  to emphasize again as I had first done in my other post about Haiti that I am saddened by the events that have befallen the people there. It’s…

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Cool Truck Lift for Shipping Containers

I like technology and mechanical marvels. We have come a long way since Henry Ford developed a way to mass-produce mechanical parts for automobiles, as well as the assembly of…

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The First Containerist

I wish I could take credit for being the original containerist, but there have been many before myself with the concept. Our ancestors have been using any and all materials…

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Haiti: A Nightmare Come True

First of all, it breaks my heart seeing these poor people on television. It’s hard to watch… surreal in a sense. Sadly, its real and not just some bad nightmare…

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The Arkhaus Initiative

When you have a site that is focused on a certain theme, you eventually attract like-minded people. One fine day, I got a “hey” from a lovely person named Jen…

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Why We Love Container Homes

After running this site and communicating with the VAST numbers of people interested in container home building, I would have to say that besides the out-of-the-box thinking (no pun intended)…

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