Ship-shape construction.Sven Pirkl of Redondo Beach Redondo Beach (rĭdŏn`dō), city (1990 pop. 60,167), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1892. Once a commercial port for Los Angeles, it is a residential and resort city with a protected harbor and an excellent marina. , Calif. has literally built on the idea of reuse, using shipping containers as the foundation for his family's home. In partnership with Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. , Calif., architecture firm DeMaria Design Associates, Pirkl has set out to build an environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] home with a construction bill that comes in at roughly half the cost of a traditional home, which is estimated at $200 per square foot in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . The home also takes advantage of other unique construction materials, including acrylic sheet products from CYRO Industries/Degussa of Parsippany, N.J., that were used in a number of interior and exterior applications from windows to noise-absorbing walls. The modern home has a final price tag of $135 per square foot. The home is built from eight shipping containers that have been painted white. To further lighten light·en 1 v. light·ened, light·en·ing, light·ens v.tr. 1. a. To make light or lighter; illuminate or brighten. b. To make (a color) lighter. 2. the space, the Pirkls and DeMaria wanted storefront windows in the 8-foot-by-8-foot container openings. Because of the oddly sized container frames, stock windows could not be used and a custom option was needed. The architects chose CYRO's Acrylite FF acrylic sheet for the openings, which would provide UV-filtering capabilities as well as shatter-resistance. More information on the project is available from DeMaria Design Associates at www.demariadesign.com. |
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