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LOT-EK’s Flexible container retail. More incredible ISBU/shipping container use.
Saturday, 6 Dec, 2008 – 8:11 | Comments
LOT-EK’s Flexible container retail.  More incredible ISBU/shipping container use.

Preston over at Jetson Green posted on LOT-EK’s most recent container creation, Puma City.  You know I love container building and this is a wonderful use of container design.  It really shows the strength of …

Peter De Maria on Shipping Container/ISBU Design.
Saturday, 25 Oct, 2008 – 11:24 | Comments
Peter De Maria on Shipping Container/ISBU Design.

This video has been floating around the web since posted on Gl Living in April, but I have not yet posted it. It is a very valuable resource for anyone looking to have their …

The beginnings of a new shipping container/ISBU revolution?
Thursday, 9 Oct, 2008 – 21:33 | Comments
The beginnings of a new shipping container/ISBU revolution?

Through a contact note I received over at my other blogsite I have learned of a new group that has been put in place to build Shipping Container/ISBU homes. They call themselves High Country …

How strong is a shipping container home?
Wednesday, 20 Aug, 2008 – 13:37 | Comments
How strong is a shipping container home?

I have posted on Shipping Container Homes numerous times in the past and everytime I get questions on the strength. Sure they are cool, but can they handle being a home? Will they …

Most concise shipping container (ISBU) resource yet.
Wednesday, 30 Jul, 2008 – 6:33 | Comments
Most concise shipping container (ISBU) resource yet.

Shipping container ISBU homes are gaining in popularity every day. It is probably because it is a sturdy, viable, cheap mode of construction along with using an existing resource that is piled high in …

A new shipping container resource that I came upon today - isotecture.com
Saturday, 19 Jul, 2008 – 5:31 | Comments

While searching the internet today I came upon a comment on a blog post over at weburbanist.com. In the comment a gentleman had mentioned that he had started a new website that gives the nuts …

Shipping container homes get national press.
Friday, 18 Jul, 2008 – 5:48 | Comments
Shipping container homes get national press.

I have been posting on shipping container homes for some time now and in my comments and feedback I get many who think this is just another flash in the pan.  That they will never …

Gorilla Design to build Salt Lake City’s first (that I know of) shipping container home.
Tuesday, 15 Jul, 2008 – 11:22 | Comments
Gorilla Design to build Salt Lake City’s first (that I know of) shipping container home.

Last Friday I had the great pleasure of meeting with Roi Maufas and Alyssa Kay of Gorilla Design to discuss their new shipping container project just South of Liberty Park here in Salt Lake City. …

Salt Lake City To Be home To A Shipping Container Condo Project!
Monday, 31 Mar, 2008 – 17:39 | Comments
Salt Lake City To Be home To A Shipping Container Condo Project!

If you read my blog regularly you know that I love shipping container buildings and that I will one day build a home out of them. I am very happy to report that Salt …

Shipping container homes and dwellings revisited and in detail.
Friday, 12 Oct, 2007 – 9:26 | Comments

A week or so go I posted a short video on shipping container homes and posed the question or whether or not you would live in a shipping container. I had a great response …