Redondo Beach Container Home in Redondo Beach, CA, United States

Designed by DeMaria Design Associates Inc, Redondo Beach Container Home is located in Redondo Beach, CA, United States. The redeployed containers are a critical element of the transportation infrastructure that facilitates global trade and with the ongoing trade imbalance; millions of containers remain in ports around the USA. Combined with technologies from the neighbouring aerospace industry, the... 

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Pure White Box in Cape Town, South Africa

Located in Cape Town, South Africa, Pure White Box was designed by Editorial. Many factors forged the design of this house. A limited budget, demanding client (the architect himself and his wife) and a narrow, sloping site meant that economy of footprint, basic building materials and open plan spaces created a simple, two-storey box on a solid brick base. Cape Dutch Long Houses from the 1800s inspired... 

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