Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Green Living - Cargo Containers Recycling by DeMaria Design Associates

"This project is a Recycled Steel Shipping Container based building that also employs a combination of conventional stick frame construction and prefabricated assemblies. These materials result in an end product that is affordable and nearly indestructable. The modified containers are mold proof, fire proof, termite proof, structurally superior to wood framing and along with various other “components” come together to create a system/kit of parts that is predicated on cost savings, construction timesavings, and energy/environmentally conscious priorities. Seventy percent of the building is efficiently created/assembled in a controlled shop environment where quality construction and fabrication are the highest priority." to find out more...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

this house is stunning...simply the most elegant of any container home I've seen to date. DeMaria Design appears to be at the forefront of this movement...beautiful work!