Thursday, February 27, 2014

Container Architecture


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Going green is growing up across the world; more and more people are opting to shipping container structures for green alternatives and to build their homes or even business. There are innumerable numbers of empty, unused shipping containers around the world just sitting on shipping docks taking up space. The reason for this is that it’s too expensive for a country to ship empty containers back to their origin. The result is an extremely high excess of empty shipping containers that are just waiting to convert in to a home, office, apartment, school, dorm, studio and much more; the ideas are endless.
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If you’d like to incorporate shipping containers into your house—or build a structure entirely out of them—these architects and designers are good resources:

Robert Humble and Joel Egan, HyBrid Architecture, Seattle, Washington
Their prefab Cargotecture homes incorporate shipping containers, with prices starting at $29,500. They also consult on D.I.Y. projects. Hybrid Architecture
Peter DeMaria and Michael Sylvester, Logical Homes, Manhattan Beach, California
Prefab Logical Homes, some incorporating shipping containers, start at 160 square feet for $25,000. Logical Homes
Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Ligano, LOT-EK, New York, New York
Pioneers of the field, they use containers to build offices and residences around the world. Lot-EK
Jennifer Siegal, Office of Mobile Design (OMD), Los Angeles, California
Siegal integrates containers into homes priced from $230 to $280 per square foot. In 2013, she will launch a line of Take Home container homes, with prices starting at $100,000. Office of Mobile Design
Geoffrey Warner, Alchemy Architects, St. Paul, Minnesota
Builds containers into his custom projects and offers prefab wooden weeHouses starting at $79,000. WeeHouse
Adam Kalkin, Quik House, Bernardsville, New Jersey, and Paris, France
Known for high-concept designs, including a three-bedroom $119,000 Quik House made from six containers. Quik Build

Enchanting Wonderland Photos by Kirsty Mitchell

Beautiful awesome photography by Kirsty Mitchell
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All About The Pillows Vol. 2

I’m all about  art, color and expressing yourself when it comes to your home.
These throw pillows certainly do make a stamen and will express who you are in a very stylish and fashion way.
Source: Dot & Bo
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