Is New Zealand Way ahead of the Pack?
I was glaring off into a void nothingness the other night (we geniuses do this–just kidding) and thought to myself: “Self, what if you took a container and made it…
Read more »Advertisement Space. What if…
Fortunately, I wasn’t on the design team for the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I think it would be evident pretty quickly just how crazy I am.
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Building a Container Home… What Are the Steps?
Logic. Use it. It really makes no sense in getting ahead of yourself when contemplating or spearheading a container home building project. It’s not prudent to jump too far ahead…
Read more »Better than a Single-Wide
A small company based in New Mexico is creating affordable homes for low income people. The company, PFNC Global Communities, takes unused and neglected 40-foot containers and converts them into full-fledged homes by definition…
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Building Code? What Stinking Code?!
Gone are the days where you can just build whatever you want. Heck, I think it’s been like 200 years… For those of you who are lucky (or unlucky…depending on…
Read more »This is funny… and works!
This is a bit of comic relief, but I suppose may be an effective method for those looking for an answer to a gopher problem. I have fallen into unexpected…
Read more »200-Unit Housing Project
There is a multi-family housing project using shipping containers in the works in Salt Lake City. The name of the architectural entity taking this on is Group 41based in San Francisco….
Read more »Asia Trade Hits Rock Bottom
Seems that there is such a huge slump in shipping from Asia to the world, we have cargo ships sitting idly in the waters off China and nearby countries. The…
Read more »My Shipping Container Film
I created a short 5-minute documentary on shipping containers and the potential use of them as homes. This was filmed at the port of Los Angeles in April 2009. Note:…
Read more »Here is the preliminary house…
I am not done with the design yet since there are windows and other intricacies that still needs some inclusion into the drawing; but you can see where I am…
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