Post-zoning in Containertopia: SF factory of container homes by Kirsten Dirksen on October 26, 2015 When we first visited Luke Iseman and Heather Stewart on a formerly abandoned lot in West Oakland (CA), they were …
Gothenburg stacked cargo containers as instant house/offices by Kirsten Dirksen on September 28, 2015 Mats Johansson has rehabbed shipping containers in the port of Gothenburg (Sweden) for over 20 years, but in the past …
Refined home crafted from 2 cargo containers on NorCal farm by Kirsten Dirksen on August 31, 2015 In the late nineties, Alexis and Eric Koefoed moved onto a Northern California farm that had been abandoned for 30 …
Stacked cargo containers in New Haven’s “LEGO” apartments by Kirsten Dirksen on December 1, 2014 Christian Salvati of Marengo Structures thinks shipping containers make great building blocks and in time, he hopes it will become an affordable …
Containertopia: cargo container tinyhome town on Oakland lot by Kirsten Dirksen on October 20, 2014 Luke Iseman and Heather Stewart were tired of paying San Francisco rents and had always dreamt of living in a …
Box Office stacks 32 colorful containers into stunning building by Kirsten Dirksen on August 25, 2014 In 2008, architect Joe Haskett was hired to design an office building on an abandoned lot in Providence, RI. Then …
Creating pop-up neighborhoods & installs with containers by Kirsten Dirksen on March 17, 2014 James Alfandre comes from a family of real estate developers (his maternal ancestors helped settle the Salt Lake Valley). He …
Shipping containers recycled into affordable Salt Lake home by Kirsten Dirksen on February 14, 2014 Real estate broker Jeff White dreamed of transforming used shipping containers into affordable housing. Laughed at by the first architects …
Shop-in-a-box: container workshop deploys hardware anywhere by Kirsten Dirksen on September 16, 2013 Luke Iseman is a creator: he’s invented automated gardening assistants, built a bike taxi company and designed kilns for Kenyan …
Shipping container family home: building blocks in Redwoods by Kirsten Dirksen on July 7, 2013 Kam Kasravi and Connie Dewitt wanted a modern cabin that wouldn’t disrupt the Redwoods on their property. First they considered …
