Benjamin García Saxe Architecture clients’ Gabriela Calvo and Marco Peralta dreamed of living harmoniously and debt free on their property 20 minutes outside of the city of San Jose, Costa Rica. They made the choice to exploring the possibility of creating a very inexpensive house made out of recycled shipping containers that allowed them to be unburdened by finance, and to live the life they had always wanted. (more…)
Argentine architect Clorindo Testa is responsible for the design of this impressive new 32,000 square feet resort located at the upscale beach area of Pinamar, approximately 350 kilometers south-east from Buenos Aires. (more…)
Designed and constructed by Proyecto ARQtainer from Santago Chile, architect Ruben Rivera Peede has produced Liray House – a new container home project for one of his clients. Ruben’s brief was to design and construct a house quickly, that was earthquake resistant, at low cost and be to be no more than 115m2 in size. At a final cost of around USD$75,000 and taking just three months to construct, we suspect Ruben’s client must be very happy indeed! (more…)
Emporio is a recently completed commercial shipping container project in Talca, Chile by those very creative people at Infiniski who also brought us Manifesto House. The building designed by James and Mau is approximately 150m2 with an additional 35 m2 of undercover terraces. Within the structure there is a showroom area, office space, assembly space and cold storage.
“Infiniski wanted to create an outward eye, symbolized by a glass surface that is surrounded by walls, wooden floors and ceilings , creating a flight over the main structure that allows, as an eyelid, regulate the amount light has to pass by the windows.” The control of light and heat is a fundamental element to protect perishable products sold in the store. Likewise, the exterior wooden facade with air chamber acts as a sunscreen skin. (more…)
Infiniski designs and builds eco-friendly houses and buildings based on the use of recycled, reused and non polluting materials and the integration of alternative and renewable energy. The Infiniski projects are designed by James & Mau – Architects and designers, Jaime Gaztelu and Mauricio Galeano, founders and partners of Infiniski. (more…)
