PFNC Designs and Builds Container Homes For Workers In Mexico
PFNC Shipping Container Home
These ISBU shipping container homes will soon reside in Mexico according to the PFNC Company based in Corrales, New Mexico. As most readers quickly realize, these units are not U.S. or even European standard but they are very acceptable for housing in Mexico [...]
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ISBA Founder’s Son Is Casualty of Contaminated Milk In China
On Friday, September 25, physicians in China confirmed that Jie Naef, the 2 year old son of Barry Naef and his wife Yanhua was another victim of China’s wide spread Melamine Milk scandal. The head of the World Health Organization said yesterday this was the largest global health safety event in recent years.
For months they knew [...]
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Shipping Container Home Project Gets Approval In North Carolina
Congratulations to DwellBox, they are only the second ISBU shipping container housing project to be approved and built in North Carolina, the other project was the Military offices at Fort Bragg.
We are especially proud of them because they are ISBU Association members and besides their success at [...]
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Shipping Container Projects From Tempo You Haven’t Seen
In an exclusive interview last week with Quinten de Gooijer President of TempoHousing, we not only got new and better photos of the original TempoHousing projects but the inside story of their new projects and expansion programs globally.
TempoHousing is famous for their Keetwonen student housing in Amsterdam, but there is [...]
Business In A Box: Condo Office Made Of Shipping Containers
A solar powered Condominium Sales office in Houston Texas has been constructed from recycled 20′ shipping containers. METLAB and their design partner Ttweak have chosen recycled ISBU shipping containers to house their temporary sales office for the Mirabeau “green” condominium project in Houston.
Since the Condo project [...]
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Luxury Shipping Container Home Near Completion In France
A prominent French architect brings another shipping container project to France. This project is a luxury home built in the beautiful French country side.
We have the project very well documented with more than 50 construction photos including the house plans. You can see the full construction project at our new Cubic Inspirations [...]
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A Mobile Sporting Goods BizPod Near The Beach- Or Anywhere
Business In A Box Mobile Store
A “Business In A Box” mobile shipping container store. This very awesome shipping container BizPod is sure to draw maximum traffic and interest in any location. …small investment-big profit.
You can see this first at our new Cubic Inspirations website which will open [...]
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LabZero Awarded “2008 ISBU Best Designs Award”
Best ISBU Designs Award
As you have seen there are many shipping container designs and architectures out there, although inspiring, most are either very plain or simply not realistic or usable.
The ISBU Association has reviewed nearly two hundred which our ISBA Members have submitted but this LabZero architecture by Italian architect-designer Flavio Galvagni [...]
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The American Red Cross Use ISBU Shipping Containers For Disasters
As hurricanes hit again the Red Cross in the U.S. and other countries prepare shipping containers for immediate food, medical supplies and housing. The stock piles of shipping containers have many uses and benefits. Later the ISBU shipping containers can be easily recycled and used again for [...]
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The Truth Is Confirmed
…purchased from ISBU Association Member
Not that we actually doubted that this mysterious Atlanta home was made of six (6) 40HC ISBU’s but since there was no “official” information, and even incorrect information posted by some websites. Obviously we were quite reluctant to say anything for sure.
Way back in March of this year we posted [...]
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