Shipping container-based house will catch the rays in California

A few years ago, architect James Whitaker designed an office made from jutting shipping containers. Though striking to look at, it was never built. Fast-forward to this year and a Los Angeles-based film producer happened to see the office online. Inspired, he commissioned Whitaker to make him a solar-powered house based on its design on a large plot of land in Joshua Tree, California.

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Category: Architecture

Tags:

• Building and Construction
• Concept Architecture
• Home
• House
• Luxury
• Off-grid
• Shipping Container
• Solar Powered

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