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10 Brilliant Sustainable Shipping Container Homes
Architecture News - Jul 02, 2010 - 15:35 12004 views
Shipping containers are tough. Built from weathering steel, these building blocks of international trade are designed to withstand stacking, stuffing and strapping and are reused over and over. There are roughly 17 million of these containers floating, riding and flying around the world today, but the recent sustainable design trend has found these containers re-purposed to carry a more fragile cargo — humans.
designcrave.com/2009-06-22/10-brilliant-boxy-and-sustainable-shipping-container-homes/