![]() The company, which formed at the end of 2006, plans to modify more than 1,000 containers next year. locations, says there are about 75 homes nationwide using shipping containers. The homes, which use anywhere from four to eight containers, can include add-ons such as solar panels, green roofs, radiant heating and other environmentally friendly or energy efficient features, DeMaria says.ĭavid Cross, founder of SG Blocks, a company that modifies containers at 17 U.S. "It's cutting-edge, and people that use it are considered mavericks and trail blazers," he said.Īrchitect Peter DeMaria of DeMaria Design in Manhattan Beach, Calif., says the recycled containers, which cost between $2,000 and $3,000, are only "the tip of the iceberg" of the designs. ![]() ![]() Mainly an "experiment" at this time, the homes have the potential to take off in the industry, said Bill Gati, a member of the American Institute of Architects Custom Residential Design Committee. — - An outside-the-box idea has some architects and home-buyers turning to inside-the-box eco-friendly, affordable housing that uses as building blocks the 8-by-40-foot steel containers often left vacant at seaports. ![]()
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