The Orange Box Project – a Shipping Container Home in India
An experimental Indian shipping container home called The Orange Box Project has been built to explore sustainable and climate-friendly architecture.
Affordable Shipping Container Housing Lands in Nashville
A new development of ‘affordable’ shipping container housing is being built in a popular district of Nashville, Tennessee.
Shipping Container Apartments Help Redevelop Jacksonville, Florida
A new apartment block made of shipping containers will help drive the redevelopment of the Cathedral District of Jacksonville, Florida.
Californian Couple Follows Australian Container Homes Trend
A Californian couple have built a new container home having seen them here in Australia. We reflect on the Aussie construction trend that inspired them.
Affordable Rent Container Development in Boise, Idaho
A new shipping container housing development in Boise, Idaho repurposes 3 shipping containers to create 4 brm homes for low-income residents.
Could Container Architecture Make Pachacutec Great Again?
Indian architectural design company TRS Studios has undertaken a social project for homes in Pachacutec, Peru based on shipping container architecture.
Container Conversion: Brisbane Workers Cottage, 40 Jensen Road Banyo
A Brisbane workers cottage in the desirable suburb of Banyo has been converted into ultramodern shipping container architecture by a couple who rebuilt the place themselves using shipping containers. On the market for offers around $590,000, it is in just the right place for Brisbane airport staff and pilots as the local International airport is…
Container Social Housing in the Most Expensive City in the World
Hong Kong is the most expensive city in the world in terms of housing prices relative to average income. Not everyone can afford a US$900,000 apartment, and those who face crises such as a lost job can be in real trouble very quickly. The authorities looked around the world for solutions to the problem and…
Could Container Homes Bring Australia’s Housing Prices Down?
Sydney’s average house price hit $1 million last year. That’s 12.2 times the average middle income family’s annual income. For the Average Joe, it would be impossible to get a mortgage on that. Prices are going up as well, with little sign of slowing down. While for those that own their own home already that’s…
Cargominiums: The Answer to the Affordable Housing Problem?
A housing organisation that looks after vulnerable people has begun building a shipping container apartment complex in Columbus, Ohio that they believe is the way ahead for organisations like themselves. Where many non-profit housing organisations tend to house ex-convicts, the homeless and other very low income people in cheaper, older housing stock, the very low…