London designer James Whitaker's internet hit, a starburst-shaped shipping container house for Joshua Tree, California, has gone on sale for $3.5 million before construction starts next year.
Named 0 Wagon Wheel Road after its location one mile from the entrance to Joshua Tree National Park, the unbuilt property is listed on a number of real estate sites.
Whittaker, who is working with a shipping container supplier, said construction is slated to begin in the middle of next year.
The 0 Wagon Wheel Road residence is listed for $3.5 million
"We're currently working with Giant Containers who are based out of Toronto," told Dezeen. "They are going to do the metalwork component of the build and all being well construction will start in the middle of next year." The listings, which include floor plans and renderings, show that once built the house will be formed from an "exoskeleton" made of shipping containers painted white.
It is composed of splayed, white-painted shipping container
Lifted off the rocky ground by concrete columns, the containers will be arranged in all directions like a starburst, with arms pushing out in all directions.
The interiors will have bright white walls and concrete floors, with square windows in the containers offering views of the desert surroundings.
Stark interiors include white-painted walls and concrete floors
"The home's exoskeleton of cuboid forms emanate in all directions oriented to capture the sheer beauty...