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ContainerLiving,Net · 10h ago

Princeton’s Answer To Disaster Relief Power.

Princeton’s shipping container disaster relief wind and solar power generators. The prototype system was a winner of an EPA-sponsored sustainable design competition. The entry in the competition was for a “rapidly deployable renewable energy system”. Its primary role to be used in disaster hit areas
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ContainerLiving,Net · 11h ago

Mazda Shipping Container Car Dealership–Site Specific

When Bangkok based Site Specific were approached for a Mazda dealership building they were not only looking at a shipping container project but also a client that needed the building yesterday. The modular shipping container car dealership was designed to be constructed in six stages. The main objec
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ContainerLiving,Net · 6d ago

Why Not To Live In A Shipping Container House.

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 people advi
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ContainerLiving,Net · 1W ago

Why I Love Modular Home Construction.

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 the rise of British industry and council estates after WW2
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ContainerLiving,Net · 1W ago

All Quiet On The Shipping Container Home Front?

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 due
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ContainerLiving,Net · 3W ago

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
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ContainerLiving,Net · 3W ago

Shipping Container Homes Do Some People Miss The Point?

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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ContainerLiving,Net · 3W ago

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
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ContainerLiving,Net · 3W ago

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 exhibi
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ContainerLiving,Net · 4W ago

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 they went for a more traditional looking home rather than leaving the shipping containers on view externally. Although it is a
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