Editor on September 21st, 2009

8′x40′ Container Homes That Are Only For The Rich And Famous? You have certainly seen many beautiful motorhomes cruising down the freeways but did you realize these luxury ”mobile condos” are virtually the same dimensions as a common shipping container, or even smaller? Here is an interesting comparison of their similar technology. Quarter million dollar luxury motorhomes are the same size [...]

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Editor on July 2nd, 2009

Ready To Use 3D 360° Templates For Container Home Plans and Designs Shipping container home plans, designs and drawings are now available for the DIY consumer and non-skilled professionals.  After more than 10 months of development Qube-360 templates are finally available to the public. In August 2008 the ISBU Association began a project to develop realistic 3D [...]

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Editor on December 20th, 2008

Luis de Garrido Recognized With Sustainable Architecture Award Luis de Garrido honored by ISBU Association for Sustainable architecture. ISBU modules can be the nucleus for Sustainable products and designs. The ISBU Association has chosen prominent architect, designer and educator Luis de Garrido, PhD. for his sustainable Bio-climatic architecture, educational symposiums and the innovative use of ISBU [...]

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Editor on September 24th, 2008

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 [...]

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Editor on September 20th, 2008

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 [...]

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Editor on January 6th, 2008

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