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Adam Kalkin's Quik House
<b>Adam Kalkin</b><br> From Vogue-endorsed weekend boltholes - "the chicest weekend retreat one can buy for $99,000" - to disaster relief housing and play areas for deprived Russian children, artist and architect Adam Kalkin's Quik Houses, repurposed shipping container homes, are encouraging people to think - quite literally - out of the box.
Skewed View: What inspired you to turn something that's essentially junk into something that's functional and aesthetically beautiful?

Adam Kalkin: "I have a personal fascination with junk and love the idea of re-using industrial detritus. One of the things I like to do with Quik House is to take something very rough, very industrial, and turn it into something that is very domestic: to tame it."
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