US’ tallest Container Tower is self-sustaining 18-home oasis

February 25, 2024 john 21 122295 32:54

He had already stacked containers two and three stories, but with his Ida apartment complex, Brian Stark went 85 feet high with 64 containers (on top of two floors of concrete culverts) to create North America’s tallest container building. All the containers have been well-used and dents are visible and Stark likes it this way.…

Building a village designed for people (not cars) near Phoenix

February 11, 2024 john 22 130494 33:13

Just outside sprawling Phoenix, developers have built what they call “the first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the US”. Modeled after European villages, Culdesac sits next to a light rail stop and has its own grocery store, restaurant, coffee shop, used clothing store, gym and plenty of gathering spaces. The 17-acre community will eventually…

Turns empty lot into Pocket Neighborhood of 4 shotgun houses

February 4, 2024 john 20 259866 23:15

Just outside the historic downtown of Waco, Texas (Dr Pepper was founded here in 1885) you normally find small bungalows drowned by large lots, but Cameron Bell has squeezed four narrow houses onto his quarter acre, creating a pocket hood of unique homes (shotgun house and dogtrot house included). It all started when Cameron Bell…

Uber driver saves money to build genius Expandable Container Home

January 28, 2024 john 20 87181 12:33

Ten years ago Kamal Kadhar began dreaming about a home that could be easily transported around the world and could unfold upon delivery in just an hour with fridge, beds, sinks included, ready for overnights. Using 8 years worth of earnings as an Uber driver, Kamal built a container-sized home (7.5 feet by 24 feet)…