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Everything is on FIRE…. again. Oy. 20 Aug 2013 | 09:57 pm
Okay, if things weren’t hectic enough… We spent the night “firespotting”… Montana is a beautiful land, filled with mountains and rivers and creeks and “woodland creatures”… Unfortunately, when it’s...
A little bit of Opera is good for the soul… 16 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Recently, a reader sent me a few images of a really exciting “water home” he’d been harboring serious lust over. He (like many readers who follow along) knows that we’re participating in the design a...
I’m “Dwelling” on Prefab Construction… 13 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Dwell Magazine (one of the mot respected architectural magazines in the trade) recently put us in their “Special Issue – Prefab Sourcebook”. It’s an “Industry Resource Guide for Prefab Construction”. ...
Off-Grid Corten Cabins in the boonies! Good times! 10 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Dear Ronin, I can’t tell you how much your blog and our books have inspired us! After years of talking about building an alternative home, we’re actually doing it! In just a few hours on the telepho...
Cut… or UnCut? 6 Aug 2013 | 02:22 am
This is admittedly an ISBU blog. We talk about repurposing (ISBUs) Shipping Containers and then integrating them into other types of structure, to build homes and buildings. One of my favorite ISBUs...
“Living Walls” Rule… 18 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
Okay, many of you know that here at ISBU Central, we’re building a rather expansive facility in Montana, with the goals of providing a home for a “Sustainability Center”. The idea is to give families ...
Dwell Prefab Resource – Yep, we’re in it! :) 16 Jul 2013 | 11:05 pm
A while back, I got another call from Dwell Magazine. Dwell Magazine is an architecture magazine that is usually chock full of really cool projects. We’ve been mentioned before. We’ll be mentioned a...
Oh, blow it out yer… 15 Jul 2013 | 10:50 pm
Wow, what a season this has become. Extended road trips, “bumps and thumps” and just general mayhem! LOL! I’m back home now, finally. (My 5 year old son threatened to take my truck keys away from m...
I’ll huff and I’ll puff… 4 Jun 2013 | 02:00 am
And now, for something completely different. One of the boons about using shipping containers for housing is their strength and durability… I’m just saying… I can’t stop laughing at this… Okay, the wo...
I’ll huff and I’ll puff… 4 Jun 2013 | 02:00 am
And now, for something completely different. One of the boons about using shipping containers for housing is their strength and durability… I’m just saying… I can’t stop laughing at this… Okay, th...
