Showing posts with label shipping containers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shipping containers. Show all posts

Friday, August 27, 2010

Shipping Container Love

I love Shipping Containers!!!! Check out this incredible project Swiss architecture firm, Group8. Article says they've attempted to marry grungey shipping containers with clean white interiors. I love this concept. But even more, I love shipping containers (I did my senior thesis project on them in design school)!
Floor plan




inside of containers provide collaborative space in an open office



photo source.

AH! Isn't this amazing?!?!?! I want to live here... ok, work here.

xoxo,


Saturday, November 21, 2009

House Love

I would love to live in this gorgeous L.A. home. It looks like one of those container homes that I love so much. At only 1500 square feet, this two story industrial chic phenomenon makes metal and wood livable.


night view of the back
The super functional exterior lighting also creates a warm inviting glow.


street view
The horizontal wood is perfect for the first floor since it's visually heavier than the light colored second floor. To be picky, I think the street view could use a palm tree or two in the front yard to add a little height.



view of the garage and back porch


bedrooom
The cool white interiors are clean and beautiful, but I think I would have added a little color. The low bed is perfect for the window. I think I would add a few pieces of artwork, a pair of colorful lamps for the bedside tables, and a multi-colored/patterned bedspread.

kitchen/entry
LOVE the Nelson lamps and Eames chairs in the kitchen/eating area. The grey-blue tile is a great echo of the cool color scheme throughout. I wish the gorgeous horizontal wood paneling, shown on the entryway exterior could bleed into the kitchen and warm it up a bit.


living room
I'm just as obsessed with the Cole and Sons birch tree wallpaper as everyone else. I love that this guy used it in a large area, which I don't see very often! I also love the stove.


here's the floorplan
the room labels are really hard to read, but you get the idea.