Popularity Of ISBU Association Website Causes Overload Crash For the first time since May 1, 2008 the ISBU Association website became too overloaded and crashed! Beginning last Friday our website visitors and ISBA Members noticed our News website slowing down drastically, with the speed changing from 1 second to more than a minute at times. [...]
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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Container Kitchen Designs from ISBU Association Members Globally Kitchen and bath designers globally are joining the ISBU Association to support, design and also promote Eco-Green kitchen designs. We highlight two of our designer members from both coasts of the US who step forward with their interest and innovation for Shipping Container homes and cabins. The [...]
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Sea Star Lines Assist With “Summer Studio” Container Housing Project The global economy is tight for everyone, not only the home construction trade but also the entire shipping industry. Sea Star Lines is no exception but still found a way to assist with the “Summer Studio” container housing project in Atlanta. Andy Rooks, the assistant VP of Sea [...]
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Skanska Offers Sustainable Education For Container Housing Program Skanska, one of the world leaders in construction and cost estimation has become a major participant in the Summer Studio container housing design program in Atlanta. We are so very grateful to Skanska and the many other construction professionals, architects and engineers who are donating their valuable time and resources [...]
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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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ISBU Association Members Lead Construction In The U.S. And Globally There seems to be much confusion regarding the companies and the people who are really “in the know” and actually constructing real container housing projects in the U.S. and globally. There is no shortage of container home concept drawings and dreams but who are the [...]
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Micro-thin Ceramic Insulations For Home and Electronics Thanks to computers, microprocessors and aerospace technology, science has developed inexpensive insulation for our homes, office and industry. 2009 is the year of Ceramic Coatings and you can be a part of this booming trend. The “Ceramic Coatings & Insulation BizGuide” is creating very much controversy. It’s the first complete [...]
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Luis de Garrido’s “Green Box” At Construmat 2009 In Barcelona Construmat 2009 will feature the “Green Box” at it’s opening in Barcelona Spain April 20, 2009. The “Green Box” is his latest sustainable home prototype. The home was designed by the architect and international lecturer Luis de Garrido who was recently chosen as “Architect of the [...]
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Shipping Container Condo Project Is Largest Ever In The U.S. This 1000 ISBU container condo project is not only the largest ever in the United States but will soon tie with TempoHousing in Amsterdam as the largest container project globally. Our shipping container architectural CAD tools are being used by thousands of architects globally but we seldom know how [...]