Accurate CAD Architectural Drawings For ISO Shipping Containers
- CAD and 2-D Architectural Drawings From Factory Engineers
It is generally known that the ISBU Association is the “official source” for the ISO shipping container architectural drawings. We are now releasing these popular architectural drawings in the CAD format also.
We originally released the shipping container drawings in April for the use of building contractors, ISBU modifiers and the DIY designer-home builder. In the past six months we’ve been surprised by the overwhelming demand for these drawings from architectural professionals and design students. The ISBU construction trend has become so big that architects must have the ability to quickly produce plans and drawings or loose clients. They need dependable drawings with absolutely accurate dimensions and detail.
Our architectural drawings, both 2-D and CAD are created entirely by experienced architectural engineers who actually do the work for the largest shipping companies in the world. These are the same engineers who have created cargo container drawings for such companies as Evergreen, Maersk, Textainer, OOCL, ZIM, P&O Lloyd, APL, Hyundai, K-Line, Hanjin, GenStar, Matson, TAL and many others. These are accurate to the millimeter.
The professionals trust our drawings and templates because they are drawn by ISBU engineers and therefore include the entire shipping container, including nuts, bolts, screws, and the entire frame.
You can learn about all our Architectural drawings for shipping containers including our new release of the CAD drawings. These will save the architects and designers at least a week or two of development time. [ Information and prices ]
Tags: architects, architectural, CAD, cargo, designs, drawings, engineers, ISBU, shipping container, templates
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 shipping container modules in his award winning architectural designs.
Professor Garrido was only one of several nominees for the “2008 Architect of the Year Award”. Other architects and firms considered were Shigeru Ban, Adam Kalkin, Peter De Maria, Buro Happold Engineering, TempoHousing, Greg La Vardera, Lotek, Hybrid Seattle, and the Lawrence Group staff.
The ISBU Association advisory board has been researching the nominees since August 2008 and evaluating their accomplishments, use of ISBU modules in architecture but equally important is their overall use of sustainable concepts, materials and original thinking.
Professor Garrido quickly became a front runner in the selection process, not only for his use of recycled ISBU shipping containers but also his visionary Bio-climatic concepts, designs and sustainable educational curriculum which is becoming widely accepted globally.
We believe him to be the prime example of what the ISBU Association believes, stands for, and expects to accomplish as a global organization. Professor Garrido is much more than a sustainable architect, but is a true innovator of usable concepts and teaching concepts,
We expect that his successful example with sustainable architecture, Bio-climatic design and affiliation with our organization will inspire and stimulate our ISBA members in their overall use of ISBU shipping containers and their interest in the quickly emerging ISBU technologies.
Without exaggeration, Luis de Garrido nearly stands alone in his qualifications for our 2008 Architect of the Year Award. He has numerous achievements, awards and appointments in Spain, Europe, and Latin America and in the U.S. has also won two awards from UCLA. Presently he is director of the ANAVIF Organization in Spain and also visiting Professor at MIT where he has taught since 2002.
Barry Naef the director of the ISBU Association has been in direct contact with Professor Garrido and says, “We appreciate his enthusiasm and acceptance of our Architectural Award, and in the coming days and weeks ISBU Association will publish more articles and details of his concepts, designs and accomplishments. We thank him immensely for his acceptance and interest in our organization”.
Our future articles will better explain the details of his Bio-climatic theories and how they can be integrated with ISBU construction for maximum sustainability.
His visionary thinking and concepts are a true partner with ISBU shipping container modules and ISBU technologies.
Related links: Luis de Garrido, ANAVIF Organization, WikiPedia
Additional reading: Curriculum-Bio, Photos, Editorial
Tags: architecture, bio-climatic, construction, education, luis de garrido, shipping-continer, sustainable
Shipping Container Home Designs You Can Modify And Decorate
Designs for 2, 3, and 4 bedroom shipping container homes.
3D and 2D designs and templates you can view and modify.
The Tuff Cube 3D designs and templates you’ve been waiting for are here. Much easier to view and use than Google Skectchup yet extremely simple for us non-professionals with no design or CAD skills.
Now you can see an ISBU shipping container in 360 view 3D inside and out. Remove walls, modify and decorate. Other pre-made templates are complete 2, 3, and 4 bedroom ISBU shipping container homes complete with the 2D floor plans. …you can modify, add, color, or decorate anything.
On Sunday December 21 you can purchase these, and many other plans and template sets online, or login to the Member Section and download for Free if you are a Research or Corporate member.
The full catalog, pricing and details will be available on Sunday December 21 just in time for you to experiment with and enjoy during the holidays. No skills necessary.
Tags: architecture, CAD, construction, designs, ISBU, plans, shipping container, templates
Nitrocision Corporation Chooses ISBU Shipping Containers For Housing
Interior of the NitroJet mobile cleaning unit.
- Exterior showing the unique dual bi-fold doors.
One of our ISBA Members has the most amazing high tech Nitrogen cleaning system, and the housing for their patented nitrogen equipment is an ISBU.
Nitrocision Corporation has chosen the ISBU modules to house and protect their remarkable high tech NitroJet mobile cleaning system. This patented nitrogen cleaning technology has exceptional benefits such as the ability to faster and more accurately clean parts compared to conventional equipment and with little or no residue. It can clean large motor windings in only 3 hours rather than the conventional three weeks.
In an interview with Nitrocision media director Stacey Francis and engineer Gary Palmer we learned some very interesting details about the NitroJet mobile unit and their choice for this type ISBU shipping container module.
Going into the interview we assumed that Nitrocision Corporation was inspired to use ISBU housing for their delicate equipment due to inspiration from the Sun Microsystems “Black Box”. Not so! In fact the staff at Nitrocision seem to the visionaries and they have been using ISBU to house their industrial nitrogen equipment since 2002; four years ahead of the highly promoted Sun Micro Black Box.
The type ISBU is also unique. It is a 20GP recycled shipping container, however it has not only the typical end doors, but also it has dual “bi-fold” doors on the side which allows full access and natural cooling of the nitrogen equipment.
The choice of ISBU modules for industrial equipment offers lower and faster construction costs, recyclability, and also a guarantee of unlimited mobile shipping options.
You can see more details about Nitrocision and their unique eco-green nitrogen cleaning technology at their website, www.nitrocision.com, also we will add more information on our Cubic Inspirations website very soon.
Tags: cleaning, construction, eco, green, industrial, ISBU, nitrocision, recyclable, shipping container, technology
ISBU Shipping Container Education Program Is Now A Reality
Global ISBU Education Program
After months of planning, the ISBU Association is ready to launch its global ISBU education concept. Officially known as Project: GreenCube, these ISBU education courses and curriculum will be implemented into the first U.S. colleges and universities beginning January 2009. Other educational facilities in the U.S., Canada, and Internationally are expected to begin later in June and August of 2009.
Members of the Project: GreenCube planning committee met in Atlanta Georgia last week to put some final touches on the Education program and curriculum. Under the principle direction of Barry Naef the ISBA Director, and Professor Richard Martin, Director of Global Peace Containers, the committee approved and planned the new University pilot programs to begin in just two months.
Naef says, “I needed a program to solve many of the issues we’ve seen from our ISBA members, contractors, ISBU distributors and government agencies in the past 18 months and this new synergistic education concept is certainly it”. ”This will allow colleges, universities, technical schools, and community education programs to become the nucleus of this ISBU technology”, said Naef.
The project development committee consists of some of the most experienced ISBU trade professionals from the U.S. and globally. Professor Martin formerly of GeorgiaTech, Professor Khalid Saddiqi of Southern Polytechnical State University, and Dr. Robert Southworth, Jr. of EduCrate head the curriculum development with direct input and technical advisory of the other industry professionals on the Project: GreenCube development committee.
The interest in Project: GreenCube has already been overwhelming”, says Naef, “so we request that all inquiries be made through the Project: GreenCube website and not by contacting Professor Martin or other members of the Development Committee directly. A press release with full details will be available on December 16, 2008.
For more information contact Project: GreenCube. The website will soon include more of the project details for both universities and corporate sponsors who wish to be involved. ISBA Members may login to the Member Section for updates.
Tags: education, greencube, ISBU, shipping container, sustainability, technology, universities
Why The Un-expected Demand For ISBU Architectural Drawings?
Hi-Res Drawings for ISBU shipping containers
Tags: architectural, drawings, economy, isub, shipping container, sun microsystems
ISBU Construction Business May Be Stronger In A Recession
More creative projects and flexible options with ISBU shipping containers.
Certainly an economic recession can hurt virtually every type business in every economic sector but some types of business will do much better in a recession than others.
Today Reuters news agency reports that 20 of the worlds most stable countries are officially in a recession, however the sun is shining even brighter for many ISBU Association members such as TempoHousing. They are only one of many ISBA Members who remain creative in this cloudy economy with more valid construction projects in progress than ever before.
Certainly TempoHousing is a very well run machine, but also they are not alone in their success. The ISBU Association itself also continues upward in Memberships and Architectural Drawing orders week after week and many of our other Members are having a similar success.
Every week see many positive thinking architects and building contractors that are transitioning to ISBU technology and gearing up to be part of this flexible and dependable Green revolution.
Sure, in the U.S. and every other country money is tight and conventional housing construction is down. But when you’re in the ISBU construction business not all projects need to be new housing. Right now many of our members are surging with orders for solid storage units, work shops and other creative projects. Distributors Container-IT and Flex-Box both report their dealers are seeing even a greater future in both mobile and permanent storage units, while Nitrocision, another creative ISBA member, is using ISBU shipping containers to house a new line of their high tech nitrogen cleaning systems.
In an economic recession statistics continue to show that new home construction is down but home remodeling is significantly up. With ISBU modules our dealers and building contractors have even more options by promoting safer and stronger business and residential storage units, garages, workshops, offices, and BizPods.
Tags: construction, ISBU, recession, shipping container, tempohousing
Flex-Box Unveils DuoCon Shipping Container Modules
A 2-in-1 Flex-Box you can cut in half.
The new Flex-Box DuoCon was unveiled last week and Managing Director Henrik Neilsen gave us a personal tour of this most innovative 2-in-1 ISBU shipping container module.
Flex-Box is an ISBU Association member who actually designs and manufactures their own line of ISBU shipping containers. They are not new to the shipping container industry in fact Flex-Box is one of the most popular container manufacturers serving the U.S./Canada storage unit manufacturers and distributors for the past 5 years.
They are a Danish owned company based in Hong Kong with factories in China. Their products are the highest quality and priced to meet any competition. Once we were inside one of their ISBU modules we could quickly see the difference in every detail from end to end and ceiling to floor.
This new DuoCon is actually a 20′ ISO shipping container but it can be cut in the center to easily become 2- 10′ separate storage units or any multiple combination for ISBU construction projects either by stacking or side by side. The center is easily cut with the Plasma torch then ends or even more doors can be added to make the 10′ individual units. This could become a very hot and versatile ISBU for storage unit distributors and also extremely flexible for home and office building contractors. …ship it, cut it, modify it.
Flex-Box has many other high quality, economical designs including their reefers. They have dealers throughout North America and other countries or you may contact them directly for information. If you are an ISBA Corporate member you may easily become a Flex-Box dealer by giving them your Corporate ISBA ID number.
Tags: construction, designs, flex-box, ISBU, manufacturers, shipping container, storage-units
Envision Prefab Manufactures ISBU Based Housing
Our ISBU Association members continue to prove that ISBU shipping container based housing can be as beautiful and trendy as any conventional housing but with greater strength and easier construction.
Shipping container strength but with a trendy home exterior.
Luxury interior with no prefab look.
Envision Prefab based in Boca Raton Florida promises to be one of the finest examples of quality design and construction. They prove what we’ve been saying, “shipping container homes can have the ISBU strength and still look normal and beautiful”.
Envision Prefab is not just a concept housing design company but an experienced manufacturer in both the Southeastern U.S. and Central America. The are certainly the premier example of proper research and design of sustainable green construction while using strong recyclable ISBU shipping containers as their housing base. Besides being members of the ISBU Association they are certified members and affiliates of LEEDS, U.S. Green Building Council, the Carbon Fund, Urban Land Institute, Congress For New Urbanism, and the Florida Green Building Coalition.
As you check out their website and blog you will see that Envision Prefab guided by CEO Aaron Newman are a quality group and we appreciate their example as responsible ISBU designers, contractors and manufacturers. Not every ISBA Member joins our organization to learn, but many join to give us their support as we promote ISBU technology. We appreciate their example and support and expect they will soon become one of the leaders in the ISBU construction industry.
Tags: construction, design, ISBU, prefab, shipping containers, sustainable
Interest In ISBU Housing, Construction and Storage Climbs
Something Is Up: Interest in ISBU Construction
We’ve been holding our breath every week as the economic roller coaster continues downward, but by the end of each week, again new ISBU Association Memberships and sales of Architectural Drawings continue to climb. …possibly it’s the only U.S. construction technology that is stable and growing in 2008 and shows great promise to be one of the biggest trends again in 2009.
Leading economists have been stating that in an economic recession new home construction stalls but home remodeling projects surge forward. Either way, ISBU construction and storage technologies remain stable and our weekly new Memberships have not declined during all the U.S. and global turmoil, in fact they continue to grow steadily every week.
The key to this stability may be in the flexibility of the ISBU modules. Either way it continues to be a business and contstruction trend that continues to show promise.
Tags: building, construction, ISBU, shipping containers, storage, u.s. economy