untitled See, a home 'can' be unique. By Matthew Gauk - Red Deer Advocate Published: January 18, 2010 From the road, it looks a bit like a post-apocalyptic country castle. Neighbours might be forgiven for thinbking the property is some sort of commune. But Bill Glennon maintains that building his retirement dream house out of 31 sea containers (sea-cans) is a reasonable, rational - and indeed practical - thing to do. "It's not a pink elephant,"Glennon quipped outside of the under construction complex southeast of Rimbey. He has 17 - 5,000-kg containers set up at angles like a Jenga tower. There are two levels at the moment, although the bottom level will eventually be backfilled and only used for storage. A third level is expected on top, for a grand total of 5,000 square feet of living space. Inside is a disorienting maze of mostly dark tunnels with mounds of tools and a thick layer of sawdust covering everything. The project came about because Glennon lost his construction job in Fort McMurray.
Affordable Shipping Container Home | CabinZoom Written on March 4, 2010 – 4:28 am | by Daniel | For those that think that they wouldn’t want to live in a dark, cold shipping container, check out these photos from a shipping container home built for a green street fair in Phoenix. Costing less than $100,000, these eminently affordable shipping container homes from Upcycle Living can be built out of up to four shipping containers, are solar panel ready, and include a wide array of recycled and green accoutrements. View at Inhabitat When Architecture and Nature Interact: Villa Remshagen Villa Remshagen was designed by Carl-Johan Smedshammar in collaboration with Andres Holmberg Architects and is located in Vallentuna, Sweden. The residence is surrounded by oak trees and sits atop of a small hill, with views to a nearby lake. The exterior of the house is quite appealing, displaying a simple, yet charming geometry.
Sea, Shipping Container Cabin, Shelter, Home containerbay There is growing interest in the use of shipping containers as the basis for habitable structures. These "icons of globalization" are relatively inexpensive, structurally sound and in abundant supply. Although, in raw form, containers are dark windowless boxes (which might place them at odds with some of the tenets of modernist design...) they can be highly customizable modular elements of a larger structure. The projects below are sorted alphabetically (by company or designer's name). Selected projects utilizing shipping containers. Info credits: Zack Smith, Kevin Tze King Ho. Back to top of page Useful linksIf you have any relevant links let us know Container Sources Shipping containers are widely available - here are just a few of the many sources: Allied Container Products Antioch, California Seabox East Riverton, New Jersey Factory Containers Direct - Inventory available in multiple locations- see web site. Technical Resources Books