“..Invented more than five decades ago, the modern shipping container is the linchpin in our global distribution network of products.
In the containers go toys from China, textiles from India, grain from America, and cars from Germany.
In go electronics, chocolate, and cheese.
While a number of resourceful people have converted shipping containers into make-shift shelters at the margin of society for years ..
.. architects and green designers are also increasingly turning to the strong, cheap boxes as source building blocks.
Shipping containers can be readily modified with a range of creature comforts ..
.. and can be connected and stacked to create modular, efficient spaces for a fraction of the cost, labor, and resources of more conventional materials.
Discover some of the exciting possibilities of shipping container architecture ..
.. from disaster relief shelters to luxury condos, vacation homes, and off-the-grid adventurers.
See what makes them green .. as well as cutting edge..”
( i was recently talking with a person who detailed the plans he has for the six shipping containers he has just purchased..
..at a cost of $3,100 each…delivered..
..said plans were/are impressive…
..and as he noted..
..there is a world-wide glut of shipping containers..
..(something to do with the collapsing economies..i think..)
so their use as a building block makes perfect sense..
..and..people living in 17 ft caravans think/dream of 30 ft containers…(‘..mmm!!..thirty feet..!’)
(recommended-read..)
go to source/story>>Twelve amazing shipping container houses | Yahoo! Green
