I've been interested in the use of shipping containers as elements of architecture for quite some time. I suppose my interest arose from the fact that one of my sisters has been in and around shipping containers in her professional career for quite some time, but that may be coincidental. Of late, I've started gathering information and resources about the use of shipping containers in architecture. I thought I'd share some resources here:
Shipping Container Architecture
Container architecture projects
Architect's Container House Sales Site
Treehugger article on Shipping Container Pre-Fab
The Architect's Newspaper--The Shipping News
Inhabitat--Cargotecture
Hive Modular
The Real Deal--New York Shipping Container-Based Cooperative
Shipping Containers as Housing
Business Week--Home is Where the Cargo Was
G3 Containers, LLP, a great resource for buying shipping containers--OK, I will come clean...I have a sister involved in this deal.
Now that I'm getting pumped up about this stuff, I think I may look into architects in Dallas who are into using shipping containers. Despite the fact that they've been around for a long time now and many "edgy" architects are using them, I think the time is nigh for pre-fab homes based on shipping containers to become a very, very popular thing. I'd like to talk to architects about the concept and, just maybe, get into some sort of business venture to explore the market.
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