The Sauna Box Castor Design Canada Shipping Container Sauna

The Sauna Box, Castor Design, - Canada - Shipping Container Sauna,

This is an authentic sauna, wood burning, cedar tongue and groove, and an outdoor shower, built within a shipping container.
The Sauna box was developed by Caster, a Canadian design firm.  They are selling it through the NYC retailer Matter for $41,000.
This tradtional wood-burning sauna is built into shipping container. The suana box is completely self-sufficient, with solar power and a wood-fired stove. The box comes standad with ipod stereo, electric guitar hook-up, Castor stool, magnetic truck light  and bronze antlers.


http://www.castordesign.ca/#/furniture/sauna-box
http://mattermatters.com/product.asp?id=1063

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Shipping container office building The Box Office by Distill Studio and Truth Box

Shipping container office building

The Box Office was constructed from 32 shipping containers in Providence, Rhode Island, on the former Harris Lumber site. The container building consists of 12 studio/office spaces. Joe Haskett from Distill Studio created the design and the project was developed by Truth Box.

Among the many green features are:

• using recycled containers;
• a super tight, well-insulated exterior with high thermal performance doors and windows;
• high efficiency heat pumps (air source) in each unit;
• ERVs (energy recovery ventilators) to provide fresh air and to conserve energy;
• solar panel array (10 KwH) on the roof (the building is "all electric").

The Box Office uses 22 KBTU/sf/year, or about 25% of a "typical" office building.

Windows location is strategically designed to provide the most indoor daylight with the most effective openings sizes; the result are well-lit and comfortable interiors with superior air quality in the units, even though the Box Office is nestled between a major urban roadway, a train track and a highway.

Designer: Distill Studio
Developer: Truth Box
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Year: 2010
Photos: Nat Rea, Glen Turner

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The Box Office Providence R I Container Office

12 office/studio spaces constructed from 32 recycled shipping containers on an abandoned strip of Providence history - the former Harris Lumber site.
This three-story, 12,000-square-foot complex, which sits  in a post-industrial section of Providence, is the largest office building in the United States made exclusively of cargo containers.
35 purchased shipping containers in New Jersey and had them modified off site here in RI.
Architect: distill studio
Builder: Stack Design Build
Developer: truth box, inc

http://www.boxoffice460.com/
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Mr Box Container Café Milton Keynes U K

Mr Box Container Café, Milton Keynes, U.K.
Mr Box was asked by Milton Keynes gallery to produce a container to be used as a coffee bar to form part of the city's 40th anniversary celebrations. The open-sided container was painted a particular lime green and the interior decorated by artist Richard Woods with one of his signature, hand-painted Logo patterns. The Artist's mock timber pattern in black and white offers a visually arresting back drop to the fully functioning coffee bar.

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Tumbleweed Box Bungalow

Jay Shafer is a it again, proving that he is no one hit wonder.  His latest innovation is what he calls the Box Bungalow.  These tiny houses are similar in square footage (less than 120 sq. ft.) to his other tiny homes on wheels, but these are not on wheels.  The interior layouts of the new box bungalows are all pretty similar to each other, but the external appearance varies as he has several different designs, all of them in the craftsman style.

It appears that you can buy a basic unit for about $11,000.00, then you can buy separate bathroom and kitchen units for about $2,000.00 each, slide them right through the door, and place them as you wish inside (I have no idea how the plumbing, wiring, and drainage are handled).  Pretty clever.  It is my understanding that these units are being mass produced somewhere in New York, and are for sale at a few locations around the northeastern U.S.

Another unique innovation is the stainless steel soaking tub in the bathroom, which multi-tasks as the shower and bathroom sink too.  I think this is custom fabricated specifically for these new units.  If I had one suggestion to make regarding these new tubs, it would be to figure out a way to make the step-in height lower, perhaps by means of a swing-out or fold-down front.  It looks to me like getting in and out of the tub requires a lot of flexibility, something that some of his prospective customers may lack.

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Shipping container office building The Box Office by Distill Studio and Truth Box

Shipping container office building

The Box Office was constructed from 32 shipping containers in Providence, Rhode Island, on the former Harris Lumber site. The container building consists of 12 studio/office spaces. Joe Haskett from Distill Studio created the design and the project was developed by Truth Box.

Among the many green features are:

• using recycled containers;
• a super tight, well-insulated exterior with high thermal performance doors and windows;
• high efficiency heat pumps (air source) in each unit;
• ERVs (energy recovery ventilators) to provide fresh air and to conserve energy;
• solar panel array (10 KwH) on the roof (the building is "all electric").

The Box Office uses 22 KBTU/sf/year, or about 25% of a "typical" office building.

Windows location is strategically designed to provide the most indoor daylight with the most effective openings sizes; the result are well-lit and comfortable interiors with superior air quality in the units, even though the Box Office is nestled between a major urban roadway, a train track and a highway.

Designer: Distill Studio
Developer: Truth Box
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Year: 2010
Photos: Nat Rea, Glen Turner

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The Beach Box The Hamptons New York Luxury Container Home

The Beach Box - The Hamptons, Amagansett, New York - Luxury Container Home

The Beach Box is our answer to sustainable living and development.  This luxury modern beach home, located in the dunes in Amagansett, New York, was constructed in modular units from re-purposed  steel shipping containers. By employing these methods of fabrication and construction we have dramatically reduced our carbon footprint and created for you a home that is safer, stronger and more environmentally friendly.

Fusing sustainability and luxury we have redefined the Hamptons Beach Home. Explore the ever chic, eco-lux Beach Box.


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