Friday 5 March 2010

Shipping containers as homes

CNN highlights the growing trend of using all those wasted shipping containers as building blocks for new homes. CNN producers talk with Architect Peter De Maria, a previous guest on G Living’s Room101. Peter specializes in Container based homes here in Southern California. He is even building a Container home just down the street from the G Living studios.



Architects are designing modern homes from the millions of excess shipping containers that are piling up at the port of LA due to the US trade deficit with China. By using the steel shipping containers as building material, homes can save 50% of construction costs, while reducing the waste and blight caused by trying to store them.

Check the title to see the video report from CNN.


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  1. Pras's brain dump25 March 2010 at 14:43

    I've seen previous designs for shipping containers modified into homes and I think this is a brilliant idea. I like modular homes and I think these provide an excellent basis for space saving, economical design in already overcrowded Western Cities. These could also be used to provide cheap homes in the more developing nations.

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