RSDA repurposes shipping containers to form home on Indian farm
Rakhee Shobhit Design Associates has used shipping containers to create two residential units at either end of a farmland site in the Aravalli hills near Udaipur, India. More
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Mark Odom Studio elevates shipping containers on stilts for The Pitch entertainment complex
Austin-based Mark Odom Studio has completed a half-acre entertainment complex that uses repurposed shipping containers to create multi-level spaces. More
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Tung Jai Ork Baab stacks shipping containers to create holiday home in Thailand
A cluster of shipping containers sheltered by a steep metal roof defines a series of indoor and outdoor spaces at this home in Thailand, designed by architecture studio Tung Jai Ork Baab. More
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Måns Tham stacks shipping containers to create Swedish house
Swedish architect Måns Tham has created a house on the outskirts of Stockholm using eight standard shipping containers that are stacked and elevated on metal pillars. More
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Wiercinski Studio creates portable home from pair of shipping containers
Polish practice Wiercinski Studio has converted two shipping containers into a portable house, which is currently located in a garden next to the Szelągowski National Park in Poznań. More
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Twelve buildings that demonstrate the breadth of shipping-container architecture
Following the unveiling of a stadium in Qatar made from 974 containers, we have rounded up 12 diverse projects that make use of the shipping containers including buildings by BIG and Kengo Kuma. More
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Demountable stadium built with shipping containers reaches completion in Qatar
Colourful shipping containers and a modular steel structure make up Stadium 974, which Fenwick Iribarren Architects has completed in Qatar ahead of the FIFA 2022 World Cup. More
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Superette cannabis dispensary in Toronto resembles a retro grocery store
Bold graphics and a checkerboard floor feature in a marijuana shop by Superette in Toronto, which was created by the brand's in-house team in collaboration with Canadian designer Emily Robin. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Shipping containers used to build LA housing complex for the homeless
American firms NAC Architecture and Bernards have used shipping containers to form private apartments in a Los Angeles facility for people experiencing homelessness. More
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Marvel proposes using shipping containers for Covid-safe outdoor theatre in New York
Architecture firm Marvel has designed a concept for open-air theatres within shipping containers to put on outdoor performances in New York during the coronavirus pandemic. More
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Unbuilt shipping container house for Joshua Tree on sale for $3.5 million
London designer James Whitaker's starburst-shaped shipping container house for Joshua Tree, California, has gone on sale for $3.5 million before construction has even started. More
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AMAA stacks shipping containers in Italian factory to create Space within a space
Venice architecture studio AMAA has installed eight shipping containers in an Italian factory as a permanent installation that aims to investigate what architecture is. More
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Shipping-container coronavirus testing centre trialled in Australia
Staff at University of Technology Sydney in Australia have designed a drive-through coronavirus testing centre in a converted shipping container, which is being hosted at the university. More
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Studio Paolo Ferrari creates boutique-like salesroom for Ottawa development
Toronto-based Studio Paolo Ferrari has designed a showroom for a new development in Ottawa that appears more like a home than a sales gallery. More
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Grimshaw designs range of shipping-container coronavirus testing centres
The New York office of architecture studio Grimshaw has drawn up plans for a range of prefabricated coronavirus testing centres within shipping containers, named D-Tec. More
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Mobile vaccination centres in shipping containers could immunise 60 million people in four months, says Waugh Thistleton Architects
Waugh Thistleton Architects has proposed creating 6,500 mobile vaccination centres in shipping containers that could travel around the UK and immunise the entire population against coronavirus in 16 weeks. More
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Shipping containers turned into micro apartments by Containerwerk
Building startup Containerwerk has turned old shipping containers into 21 micro apartments for visitors to the town of Wertheim in Germany. More
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MB Architecture stacks shipping containers to form Amagansett holiday home
US studio MB Architecture has stacked shipping containers to construct this black holiday house in Amagansett, New York in a few days. More
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Container Atlas editor picks top five shipping-container architecture projects
Container Atlas brings together examples of shipping-container architecture from around the world. Here, one of the book's editors picks his top five projects from the book's latest edition. More
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Shipping-container intensive care unit installed at Turin hospital
A two-bed intensive care unit within a shipping container, designed by Italian architects Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota, has been built at a hospital in Turin and is being used to treat patients fighting the coronavirus. More
