Architecture firm Stark James, LLC has released plans for an apartment complex in downtown Phoenix that will be made from shipping containers. According to Jetson Green, the apartment complex, called Containers on Grand, was inspired by the need for affordable and sustainable housing near the city's core.
Containers on Grand will be located at 12th and Grand avenues and constructed with 16 containers to create eight living units, each 740 sf.
Floor plans for the apartments are open and modern, and are designed to accentuate the container structure. Each unit will have one bedroom, a bathroom, a kitchen island, and a large living room with room for storage. Two containers will be joined by cutting away one of the longer sides of each container to be welded together.
The apartments' living areas will open to a central courtyard through double French windows, which will flood the spaces with natural light.
The Containers on Grand complex is expected to be completed by the end of spring. Stark James said that there is a lot of interest in the apartments from young professionals and students who attend Arizona State University's downtown campus. Rent will be $950-$1,000 per month.
Related Stories
| Aug 11, 2010
Great Solutions: Healthcare
11. Operating Room-Integrated MRI will Help Neurosurgeons Get it Right the First Time A major limitation of traditional brain cancer surgery is the lack of scanning capability in the operating room. Neurosurgeons do their best to visually identify and remove the cancerous tissue, but only an MRI scan will confirm if the operation was a complete success or not.
| Aug 11, 2010
29 Great Solutions
1. Riverwalk Transforms Chicago's Second Waterfront Chicago has long enjoyed a beautiful waterfront along Lake Michigan, but the Windy City's second waterfront along the Chicago River was often ignored and mostly neglected. Thanks to a $22 million rehab by local architect Carol Ross Barney and her associate John Fried, a 1.
| Aug 11, 2010
High-Performance Modular Classrooms Hit the Market
Over a five-day stretch last December, students at the Carroll School in Lincoln, Mass., witnessed the installation of a modular classroom building like no other. The new 950-sf structure, which will serve as the school's tutoring offices for the next few years, is loaded with sustainable features like sun-tunnel skylights, doubled-insulated low-e glazing, a cool roof, light shelves, bamboo tri...
| Aug 11, 2010
Lifestyle Hotel Trends Around the World
When the Rocco Forte Collection opens the Verdura Golf & Spa Resort in Sicily in early 2009, the 200-room luxury property will be one of the world's newest lifestyle hotels. Lifestyle hotels cater to guests seeking a heightened travel experience, which they deliver by offering distinctive—some would say avant-garde, or even outrageous—architecture, room design, amenities, and en...
