Cantilevered containers become popup housing for NYC creators by Kirsten Dirksen on May 24, 2020 New York City rents are unattainable for most artists, but at one marina in Queens, stacked shipping containers provide instant …
Side-door container 2nd life as WA’s ski town outdoorsy home by Kirsten Dirksen on November 12, 2017 Shiah Lints was tired of life in a 2500 converted farmhouse, so he bought a side door shipping container to …
Bill Lilly uses containers to rebuild a burnt Oxford MS home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 30, 2017 Since Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi builder Bill Lilly had been drafting ideas for building on the foundations of disaster so when …
How shantyboats down the Mississippi helped build a culture by Kirsten Dirksen on April 30, 2017 “I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river Is a strong brown god—sullen, untamed and …
Hydraulic doors transform containers in retrotronic shelters by Kirsten Dirksen on April 17, 2017 Comparing their work to reanimating a corpse, Matthew Quilty and Adam Kalkin* believe in giving new life to unused shipping …
House of 3 containers on San Diego hill blends with landscape by Kirsten Dirksen on March 12, 2017 After purchasing a piece of land in the mountains of unincorporated San Diego County, Mike and Shawn McConkey set out …
Owner-built Atlanta Glass Treehouse floats among hardwoods by Kirsten Dirksen on December 25, 2016 When the financial crisis hit in 2008, architects Mary Clare DeReuil & Carlos Tardio were without work, but determined to …
Artist builds his Savannah studio with shipping containers by Kirsten Dirksen on October 23, 2016 Architect, artist, designer Julio Garcia had been designing plans for shipping container homes for a decade before he found the …
How 16 containers became 8 wanted market-rate Phoenix condos by Kirsten Dirksen on September 12, 2016 On an old used car lot in Phoenix, architects Brian Stark and Wesley James placed 16 used shipping containers and …
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 …
