Posted in Real Estate, Winnipeg, architecture, green, green buildings, shipping container homes, shipping containers on Jan 27th, 2010 No Comments »
Over the last several days I have been looking at the design of our future container home and I realized that I could achieve much more with the design if I separated the two containers. If I was going do that, I figure I might as well put the staircase in the middle of the [...]
Posted in LEED Certified, Real Estate, Winnipeg, architecture, green, green buildings, shipping container homes, shipping containers on Jan 13th, 2010 No Comments »
In order to help with the design on our green shipping container home in Winnipeg, I have ordered the following two books:
Posted in LEED Certified, Real Estate, Winnipeg, architecture, green, green buildings, shipping container homes, shipping containers on Jan 12th, 2010 3 Comments »
Last time I wrote I talked about the idea of building a shipping container home. The first and foremost thing on my mind with that idea was whether I would be able to find a reliable source for the containers here in Winnipeg. If we were on the coast or in a much bigger city [...]
Posted in Real Estate, Winnipeg, architecture, green, green buildings, shipping container homes, shipping containers on Jan 9th, 2010 3 Comments »
A couple of friends and I have been tossing around the possibility of building a L.E.E.D. certified home here in Winnipeg. Specifically, I would like to build a home out of shipping containers and employ as many “green” technologies and design philosophies as possible.
Posted in green, green buildings on Dec 27th, 2009 No Comments »
I recently read an article about “green” buildings that I thought I should share with you. I got the article in a newsletter for the design software I use, Home Designer by Chief Architect. I has some good examples from different parts of the U.S. More importantly, it talks about the various aspects of “green” [...]
Posted in architecture, green, green buildings on May 24th, 2009 1 Comment »
This post is a little late, but important. Yesterday, my family and I took advantage of Doors Open Winnipeg. The city has opened the doors to many of its most significant buildings.
