Showing posts with label shipping container. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shipping container. Show all posts

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Ecotech Build, Container home, Mojave Desert, California

Ecotech Build, Container home, Mojave Desert, California
A prototype hybrid house, also known as the Tim Palen Studio at Shadow Mountain is the first repurposed container home permitted and built in the Mojave Desert. Based on the fuel-efficient Prius automobile engineering concept, the residence combines the energy and production efficiencies of diverse pre-engineered building and energy systems working together seamlessly to produce a smooth-running hybrid green machine for living.
http://ecotechdesign.com/






Friday, November 11, 2011

Shipping Container House In Panama

An ongoing project as a family build their home out of 2 x 40 ft ISBU shipping containers in Panama.
http://shippingcontainerhousepanama.wordpress.com/

Find Shipping Container Homes, 20 ft container, 40 ft container, ISBU in your area!





Thursday, November 3, 2011

Tin Can Cabin in northern Wisconsin

Tin Can Cabin in northern Wisconsin
3 x 20 ft shipping container place on concrete lentils in 40 acres of farmland and woods, simple but practice and well done


 

 



 

Friday, September 30, 2011

Team China Tongji University, Y Container

Team China Tongji University, Y Container
Team China's U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 entry, Y Container, combines six recycled shipping containers into a succinct, Y-shaped solar house. Y Container is easy to transport, assemble, and expand—providing the freedom to live anywhere with low costs and clean energy. It is a living house that can contain the energy, water, and plants required for an individual to enjoy an independent and natural lifestyle.





Thursday, September 22, 2011

Flagler College - St Agustine

Flagler College - St Agustine

A group of Flagler College students from the Free Enterprise student group has been working on a unique project – converting a shipping container into living space.

Flagler College Free Enterprise student group advisor, Donna DeLorenzo, says “the project started over a year ago when two students came up with ideas for converting waste material into homes.”
Link: Flagler College - St Agustine



Sunday, September 18, 2011

Café Froebe, Linz, Austria

Café Froebe, Linz, Austria, very unusall hydraulic system to lift side and corner to reveal a cafe, more artsy than particle and wouldn't want to be under that if it failed?






Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Citihub Mandaluyong Shipping Container Dormitory in the Philippines


Citihub Mandaluyong Shipping Container Dormitory in the Philippines that’s built from shipping containers and designed for low-income workers and students.
Designed by Manila’s Arcya Commercial Corporation, Citihub Mandaluyong is situated on a stretch of land in Mandaluyong along the Pasig River.




Sunday, August 7, 2011

San Francisco Shipping Container Store by Envelope A+D

San Francisco Shipping Container Store by Envelope A+D
In the neighborhood of Hayes Valley, there are three of these containers. They sit on a gravel-strewn lot, surrounded by a modest chain link fence. More are on the way. Together they form Proxy, the brainchild of architect Douglas Burnham, and his Oakland-based firm, Envelope A+D.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Maziar Behrooz, MB Architecture - New York - Insta House, Shipping Container Studio

Maziar Behrooz, MB Architecture - New York - Insta House, Shipping Container Studio

maziar behrooz shipping container home
An art studio made with two side-by-side steel shipping containers perched on top 
of a foundation wall -with interior ceiling height of 18' in the studio proper.


http://www.mbarchitecture.com/container-studio/
Find Shipping Container Homes, 20 ft container, 40 ft container, ISBU in your area











Monday, July 25, 2011

DeKalb Market,

DeKalb Market,

The moment has FINALLY arrived!! Dekalb Market is OFFICIALLY Open For Business!! Grub Street has put together a comprehensive guide to help you plan your day. Come meet all the Makers, Artists, Farmers and Chefs who are the heart and soul of Brooklyn’s own Dekalb Market.


http://dekalbmarket.com/



Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Crack Two 2 x 40' Shipping Container Home

Very good demonstration of a home built from 2 forty foot shipping containers,
check the link for over a 100 step by step pictures from Crack Two
http://www.cracktwo.com/2011/07/home-built-from-two-shipping-containers.html








Wednesday, June 29, 2011

La Boite Cafe Shipping Container Austin TX

La Boite is built from a re-purposed 20 foot shipping container. The concept was borne from the desire to re-use existing materials and to provide a clean, functional space.
http://laboitecafe.com/