Cargotecture
Brockdin Barr is a web designer in Christchurch, New Zealand. He lives with his wife and two daughters Bluebell and Willow.
Brockdin Barr doesn't live in a container, he is a homeowner of a Christchurch weatherboard bungalow.
One day he hopes to live in a container house but for now, he's happy just to spread the word.
If you know of any links that aren't here, or just wanna talk about containers, feel free to get in touch. brock [at] catchlight [dot] co [dot] nz
An awesome configuration of containers making up a large temporary department store for Puma Shows. Thanks to Stuart at Canterbury Sailing School for this link.
Artist/Architect Adam Kalkin talks about his house affectionatly known as “Bunny Lane” amongst many other things.
Architect, Sir Michael Hopkins’ House, built in 1976. I dont think this was built from shipping containers, but the important thing is, it could have been!
Container Restaurant in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Thanks to S@Z for the image. - you can see more on her Flickr stream and learn more at http://www.wijnofwater.nl/
Not sure if I’m that much of a hippie, but this is a great idea happening right here in New Zealand.
Container House Dimensions
So, you’re as hyped as I am about Container Housing? In order to start designing it helps to know the dimensions of your “blocks”. Here’s a really great table of the standard sizes in metric that gives you the internal dimensions. Nice…
Container House designs by artist and designer Adam Kalkin. Includes the famous Illy Coffee Push-Button House. Personally, I wouldn’t touch Illy Coffee with a barge pole, but that’s me. Via Dwell
LOT-EK talk about shipping containers. These guys are a little pretentious, but definately worth a watch
