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   Re: Shipping Container Architecture   
   19 Apr 08 22:58:10   
   
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   XPost: alt.building.construction   
   From: one-if-by-land@concord.com   
      
   "Joe"  wrote in message   
   news:09834132-0eb7-430d-92f5-39428a9a81bc@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   >> Why not get sheets of corrugated steel and construct them as warranted   
   >> rather than go through the bother of altering a prefab version?   
   >   
   > One reason is that a single-container home can be   
   > shipped, e.g. to a disaster area like a tsunami-damaged   
   > zone or a war zone. I've heard that in Iraq the military   
   > and/or contractors are using containers as living quarters.   
      
   I doubt anything on that website would be shipped anywhere, particularly for   
   emergency purposes.   
   Thats why it was called art.   
      
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