The wave of homes and buildings made from containers has reached many areas of the world in the past decade. The new architectural trend is now reaching India, with privately made container homes and enterprise sponsored production of computer labs.
Young designers, engineers, and nonprofit organizations are cooperating to build an orphanage out of recycled portable storage containers. Many Haitian orphans will get to live in the new dwelling, designed by RPI’s chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World.
Tighter Fuel Standards for Container Vessels will Help Clear Air in Beijing. Container Ships that enter the North Sea and Baltic ports follow regulations to use fuel with less than 1 percent sulfur in order to reduce emissions. The Emission Control Areas will tighten regulations further to allow 0.1 percent sulfur fuel by 2015, and …
Daiken-Met Architects just designed and built a movable office building made from steel storage containers. The company is now using their building, named Sugoroku Office, for their own office headquarters. Daiken-Met Architects found it hard to secure a plot of land permanently in the urban areas of Japan. They purchased the small plot of land …