12 Container House / Adam Kalkin

12 Container House is a prefab home, it was created by stacking a dozen orange “reclaimed” shipping containers in a T-shape looking out over the rocky peninsula to Blue Hill Bay.

Architects: Adam Kalkin
Location: Blue Hill, Maine, USA
Photographs: Peter Aaron / Esto, Courtesy of Adam Kalkin

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From the architects:

One of the big design elements of the house is the amount of transparency that has been implemented as even though it has made its name on containers, the house is still decorated heavily in glass which stretches from floor to ceiling on both the front and back. Another way to describe the house is as a T-shape, with a large front being supplemented by a narrow section that stems from the main bulk of the building……

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