Shipping containers turned into mirrored architects' studio
Belgian practice TOOP Architectuur has designed two mobile architects' studios for its staff made of repurposed shipping containers clad in mirrors and timber. More
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LOHA designs affordable housing complex for difficult site in Los Angeles
American firm LOHA has unveiled plans for an affordable housing complex in Los Angeles, comprising stacks of shipping containers arranged on a triangular site near a busy highway interchange. More
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AHMM unveils shipping-container housing development in Oklahoma
Squirrel Park is a scheme of four houses made from converted shipping containers in Oklahoma City, USA, by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. More
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Stacked shipping containers form Stow-Away London hotel and wine bar
Design studio Doone Silver Kerr turned a stack of used shipping containers into a hotel and wine bar with a geometric facade of welded fins that function as sunshades. More
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Davidpompa shows Origo lights in shipping container for Mexico City design week
Mexico City design studio Davidpompa has added a slender floor lamp and a small table lamp to its Origo collection made from volcanic rock, which it showed in a shipper container. More
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Two shipping containers contain a micro home furnished with Nendo
Brazilian architect Marilia Pellegrini has unveiled Casa Container in São Paulo, a micro home inside two shipping containers filled with Nendo furniture. More
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Shipping-container micro homes with green roofs planned for UK
Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects has obtained planning permission for a development of micro homes made from shipping containers with green roofs in Aylesbury, England. More
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World's tallest shipping-container building to be built in London
Patalab Architecture has won approval to build a nine-storey office block from shipping containers, which will be the world's tallest building made from the modular structures. More
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Dixon Jones designs sculptural shipping-container building for Edinburgh
Architecture studio Dixon Jones and sculptor David Mach have collaborated on a proposal for an event space and marketing suite in Edinburgh, which will be made from a stack of bright red shipping containers. More
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TRS Studio envisions shipping containers as affordable housing in Peru
Two shipping containers are joined together and topped by an angular polycarbonate extension in this conceptual design for low-cost housing by Peruvian firm TRS Studio. More
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Shipping-container micro housing proposed for City of the Dead in Cairo
Architects Mouaz Abouzaid, Bassel Omara and Ahmed Hammad have proposed creating micro homes from shipping containers, called Sheltainers, for people living in Cairo's cemeteries. More
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Atelier Let's enlivens basketball courts in Taiwan with shipping-container pavilion
Cool Cool Seaside is a pavilion made from three raised shipping containers, which provides shelter for two basketball courts in a square near the docks of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. More
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SDI showcases WRKkit flexible office system as life-size kit of parts
Canadian design studio SDI has presented its WRKkit concept for adaptable offices at IDS Toronto, using a booth modelled on a giant DIY toy. More
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WEDEW turns air into drinking water by creating artificial clouds in shipping container
A team led by US architect David Hertz has developed an energy-efficient technology for harvesting fresh drinking water from the air, which is contained within a shipping container for easy transport. More
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Park House envisions converting multi-storey car parks into apartment blocks
Our latest MINI Living video features a conceptual housing project, with houses made from shipping containers placed within repurposed multi-storey parking garages. More
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Kengo Kuma stacks shipping containers to create drive-through Starbucks in Taiwan
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has stacked 29 recycled shipping containers to make a Starbucks coffee shop alongside a shopping centre in Hualien, Taiwan. More
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Shipping container converted into porters' lodge for Cambridge University college
Cambridge University college Hughes Hall has a new reception building – a converted shipping container designed by local studio Neubau. More
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JBAD repurposes shipping container as MicroTower parking attendant booth
This bright red tower in Columbus, Ohio, is constructed from a shipping container turned vertically and serves as a booth for a parking attendant. More
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Containerwerk showcases potential of using shipping containers for housing
The founders of Containerwerk discuss the benefits of building with recycled shipping containers in this movie Dezeen filmed for the German start-up company at Milan design week. More
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Shipping-container village by Julius Taminiau offers space for startups in Amsterdam
Dutch architect Julius Taminiau has created a temporary startup hub using shipping containers in an Amsterdam science park. More
