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A Shipping Container Guest House That’s a Piece of Art

This cool, and vividly colored guesthouse was designed by Studio ArTe. It is located in the Algarve region in Portugal and was built out of a single, repurposed shipping container. The owners of a nearby home commissioned architect Arnold Aarssen to build an affordable guesthouse on their property. He opted to use a shipping container to construct it, in order to keep the costs down while still offering a comfortable living quarters.
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By Christine Walsh|September 22nd, 2014|CONTAINER HOMES|0 Comments

Tiny Homes for the Homeless Made of Salvaged and Recycled Materials

Artist Gregory Kloehn has been quietly addressing the problem of homelessness in Oakland by building a number of unique, tiny homes for the homeless using repurposed and salvaged materials. This initiative is called the Homeless Homes Project and through it, Gregory has already provided several homes for the area’s homeless. To build the homes, he uses primarily illegally dumped garbage and industrial waste solving several problems at once.
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By Christine Walsh|July 30th, 2014|CONTAINER HOMES|10 Comments

Ecopods Shipping Container Houses

The Canadian firm Ecopods makes sustainable, fully recycled short term container dwellings. Ecopods are an excellent choice as cabins, guesthouses or other accessory buildings, or showrooms. All ecopods houses are designed to function off the grid, and can easily be transported anywhere.

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By Christine Walsh|October 31st, 2013|CONTAINER HOMES|4 Comments

Canada’s First Container Housing Development Built in Vancouver

Early last month, Canada got its first recycled shipping container housing development. It is located in the Downtown Eastside area of Vancouver, at 502 Alexander St. The housing project was developed by Atira Women’s Resource Society, which wanted to create affordable and quality non-market housing units to be rented out to older women.

The housing development is comprised of 12 studio units, each with a net living area of 280 – 290 square feet. All of the units are entirely self-contained, complete with bathrooms, kitchens and an in-suite laundry. With its colorful navy blue and burnt orange exterior walls, the housing blends in perfectly with the other building in the neighborhood.

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By Christine Walsh|September 9th, 2013|Container Design, CONTAINER HOMES, Design|15 Comments

Net Zero Colorado Container Home Overlooks Spectacular Mountain Views

This Nederland, Colorado container home, designed by Studio H:T, performs at net-zero energy consumption by utilizing passive strategies of insulation and orientation, active solar photovoltaic and thermal systems, and the harvesting of on-site renewable fuel (timber is selectively and sustainably cleared to burn in the high-efficiency wood stove).

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By Jetson Green|August 29th, 2013|CONTAINER HOMES|0 Comments

ShelterKraft Werks Designs and Builds Sustainable Custom Shipping Container Homes

The Seattle-based home building company, ShelterKraft Werks, designs affordable homes that are configured around recycled shipping containers to provide solutions for global housing challenges with turn-key, low footprint structures that can be installed within any conceivable environment.

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By Jetson Green|July 8th, 2013|CONTAINER HOMES|27 Comments

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