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Lightning Ridge, Australia
www.boxvox.net

Beer Can House
Mailbox and a screen above made of can tops strung on wire.
Houston, Texas www.orangeshow.org

Beer Can House
Houston, Texas www.orangeshow.org

soda can building

Soda Can Siding
Richard Van Os Keuls used 22,000 cans to side an addition to his home in Maryland.
www.trendhunter.com

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Kipps Bay Decorators' House
Tin can top panelling made by Clare Graham, in area designed by Matthew White
and Frank Webb. www.nytimes.com Close up below...

tin can wall

Kipps Bay Decorators' House
Tin can top panelling made by Clare Graham, in area designed by Matthew White and Frank Webb. www.nytimes.com

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Cano's Castle
Crushed can ornament. Donald "Cano" Espinoza, of Antonia, Colorado used beer cans, hubcaps, and other found materials to create this amazing home.
Flickr: ThreadedThoughts www.flickr.com

Cano's Castle
Donald "Cano" Espinoza, of Antonia, Colorado used beer cans, hubcaps, and other found materials to create this amazing home. www.motherwit.wordpress.com

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Cano's Castle
Donald "Cano" Espinoza, of Antonia, Colorado used beer cans, hubcaps, and other found materials to create this amazing home. Flickr: ThreadedThoughts www.flickr.com

Eve Earthship under construction
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Eve Earthship
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Eve Earthship
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Earthship - Can Column
www.earthship.com

Phoenix Earthship
For rent-per night or weekly.
www.earthship.net

Beer Can House - An Early Earthship 1974 - The roof has a lawn.
www.imagespublicdomain.wordpress.com

Beer Can House - Interior 1974 - Note the walls.
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Beer Can House - A young Micheal Reynolds!
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Beer Can House - In the early days they were very meticulous!
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Building Block - Alternative
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Experimental School in Mexico
Pic: Hillary Mason www.flickr.com

Experimental School in Mexico
Seems a better idea to put the openings inside, but maybe more cooling this way?
Pic: Hillary Mason www.flickr.com

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Island of Ha’apai, South Pacific
Without Stucco. Pic: Danielandrewclem www.flickr.com

Soda Can Restaurant - Lesthoto, South Africa
www.archkidecture.org

Brooks and Scarpa Architects
Broadway Housing, Santa Monica, CA
First floor made of crushed can bricks.
www.pugh-scarpa.com

aluminum can house

Brooks and Scarpa Architects
Broadway Housing, Santa Monica, CA
First floor made of crushed can bricks - close up.
www.pugh-scarpa.com

Can Furniture
Build bedframes, TV stands, desks, you name it!
Matthew Smithers shows how to build furniture with aluminum cans using plastic popbloox. See www.popbloox.com for more info.

can hair rollers

Easiest- Can Curlers
www.thehairhalloffame.blogspot.com

HOW TO:

Make roofing or siding out of aluminum cans.
www.instructables.com

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Re: Aluminum Can Construction
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Reply #2 on : Thu November 17, 2011, 03:31:55

If you're in uncomfortable position and have got no money to get out from that point, you would have to take the business loans. Because it should help you definitely. I take student loan every time I need and feel myself great just because of this.

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Re: Aluminum Can Construction
Reply #1 on : Tue September 27, 2011, 14:28:29

It's inspiring to see that cans can actually be chic! I also love how they've been put to practical use.

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