According to our colleagues over at OurPresidents, the first beer in cans was sold today in 1935 - so what’s the next logical step? The Beer Can House of course! EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS ARE BEING USED TO BUILD EXPERIMENTAL HOUSING NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. DESIGNER MICHAEL REYNOLDS STANDS NEXT TO AN INTERIOR WALL IN ONE OF THE STRUCTURES THE INSIDE WALLS ARE BUILT WITH CANS IN THE POSITION SHOWN. THE OUTSIDE WALLS ARE CONSTRUCTED USING AN EIGHT CAN UNIT AS A BUILDING BLOCK. (SEE #14164) SOME 70,000 CANS ARE NEEDED TO BUILD A HOUSE WHICH REYNOLDS SAYS CAN BE BUILT AS MUCH AS 20% CHEAPER THAN CONVENTIONAL HOMES, 06/1974 David Hiser, Photographer. From the EPA Series: DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency’s Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972 - 1977
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According to our colleagues over at OurPresidents, the first beer in cans was sold today in 1935 - so what’s the next logical step? The Beer Can House of course!

EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS ARE BEING USED TO BUILD EXPERIMENTAL HOUSING NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. DESIGNER MICHAEL REYNOLDS STANDS NEXT TO AN INTERIOR WALL IN ONE OF THE STRUCTURES THE INSIDE WALLS ARE BUILT WITH CANS IN THE POSITION SHOWN. THE OUTSIDE WALLS ARE CONSTRUCTED USING AN EIGHT CAN UNIT AS A BUILDING BLOCK. (SEE #14164) SOME 70,000 CANS ARE NEEDED TO BUILD A HOUSE WHICH REYNOLDS SAYS CAN BE BUILT AS MUCH AS 20% CHEAPER THAN CONVENTIONAL HOMES, 06/1974

David Hiser, Photographer. From the EPA Series: DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency’s Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972 - 1977

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