apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Green Style: Adam Kalkin's Shipping Container Home

container-home.jpg

Woh. New Jersey architect and artist Adam Kalkin's prefab homes are made from recycled shipping containers, and they're relatively cheap, mobile and fully recyclable. (Via Fast Company)

 
 

Tags

Green Style

Related Links

Share

Comments (1)

I wonder how tough it is to turn a shipping container into something that's actually liveable. I love the idea, and I think it's something my husband I would seriously consider, if it were presented in a way that made it look doable.

posted by Jennae @ Green Your Decor on June 18th 2009 at 9:22am
view Jennae @ Green Your Decor's profile

Top Tours

  1. Donna & Riley's Zero Energy Idea House
  2. Katy and Tighe's Cozy Island Cottage
  3. Matthew and Emma's Eco Environment
  4. Green Home Tour: Erica Tanov's Secondhand Beauty
  5. Monte-Silo House made from Two Corrugated Grain Silos
More tours

Top Posts

  1. Restored Church Converted Into Home
  2. How To: Make A Scrap Wood Table
  3. 13 Ways To Repurpose Old Clothes
  4. The Green Cure: Lightening Up The Living Room
  5. Rating DIY Projects: What's Worth It and What's Not
Apartment Therapy
  1. Need Help Defining Your Personal Style?
  2. Dining Room Rugs
  3. Where's the Bed in This Kitchen?
  4. Weekend Sales Guide: 11.6.09
  5. Affordable Cocktail Party Basics to Keep on Hand
The Kitchn
  1. A Fast Way to Bake Cookies: Use a Waffle Iron
  2. Soul-Satisfying: A Roundup of Great Lentil Recipes
  3. Waste Not: 5 Ways to Use Leftover Bread
  4. Party Time! 5 Fabulous Finger Foods for Fall
  5. Fix Your Ugly Countertops and Make Noodle Soup
ohdeedoh
  1. Fun and Free: Personalized Eye Chart
  2. Creating a Bench Seat
  3. Teepee Party
  4. Tabitha's Bedroom on "Bewitched"
  5. My Tree & Me: Modern Genealogy
unplggd
  1. Free Cell Phone Calls & High End Design Sex Toy
  2. Can You Use the Power Coming Through a Phone Jack?
  3. Awesome Anechoic Chamber: McIntosh Laboratories, 1979
  4. Put a New Spin on Your Workspace Photos
  5. What Are Your Tech Essentials?

© 2009 Apartment Therapy