Kalkin House (Shelburne Museum)

Kalkin House
Former namesCollector's House
General information
TypeMuseum exhibition building
Completed2000
Technical details
Structural systemShipping container architecture
Floor count2
Floor area2000 sq. ft.
Design and construction
Architect(s)Adam Kalkin

The Kalkin House was an exhibition building at Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont. Designed by New Jersey–based architect and artist Adam Kalkin, it opened on June 1, 2001.[1][2] The prefabricated building was made of three trans-oceanic shipping containers housed within a commercially produced metal shell, supplied by Cameron Construction Company, Ferrisburgh, Vermont.[3] The two-story structure also included two glass garage doors and a pair of metal grid balconies. The balcony on the north side of the house projects from the wall, and is thus described by Kalkin as the "male" side of the house.[4]

  1. ^ "Prefab Timeline". Some Assembly Required: Contemporary Prefabricated Houses. Walker Art Center. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  2. ^ Bercaw, Nancy Stearns (2 May 2001). "On Display: Folk Art in Vermont Gets a New Address". New York Times. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Collector's House". Cameron Construction. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  4. ^ Kalkin, Adam. "Adam Kalkin's ABC of Container Architecture". Retrieved 19 June 2011.