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Contemporary House Extension From Shipping Containers

    Here is another project involving the shipping container, this time from France. The shipping container becomes a perfect solution because of the narrowness of the space. The owner wished to enlarge the living and dining room and to have a new room with an adjacent bathroom. The new building is an extension to an old house in suburban area of a district in the city of Nantes, France.Read More »Contemporary House Extension From Shipping Containers

    15 Iconic Shipping Container Homes

    Adam Kalkin 12 Container House, Blue Hill, Maine. USA

      The Adam Kalkin 12 Container House in Blue Hill, Maine, ranks among the most impressive & iconic shipping container homes ever built. Owned by Anne and Matthew Adriance, designed by Adam Kalkin architect, and built by Sheridan Corporation—one of Maine’s top commercial builders—this house stuns both inside and out. Completed in 2003, it remains a landmark in cargotecture and architectural reuse.Read More »Adam Kalkin 12 Container House, Blue Hill, Maine. USA

      The Ultimate In Office Recycling – Shipping Container Offices

        The bright red office pods are arrayed across the floor of a giant warehouse in an industrial section of Santa Ana, complete with round porthole windows, comfortable office furniture, plants, even bathrooms and sinks. They’re individually climate controlled, vastly cheaper than a more traditional setup. The best part: they’re made from old shipping containers – the same blocky, bus-sized metal boxes you might see stacked at the Port of Long Beach.Read More »The Ultimate In Office Recycling – Shipping Container Offices

        Boucher Grygier Shipping Container House

          The shipping container is the standard for shipping goods from place to place.  Built to exacting specifications to withstand tremendous loads and, with refrigerated units, to maintain low internal temperatures efficiently, these vessels of commerce make excellent building blocks for architecture.  Even after many trips around the globe, they still easily meet or exceed the building codes for construction. As a net importer, the US ports are filled with them.Read More »Boucher Grygier Shipping Container House

          A Shipping Container Rainforest Research Center in the Tropics

            Earth Science Australia‘s team built the rainforest research center using two 6m (20′) containers placed 3m (10′) apart. Leaving a space between the containers allows for a semi-enclosed area for storage, hanging out or doing research. There is a total of 30sqm of dry sleeping area, 15sqm of mostly dry cooking area and 45sqm of covered outdoor area. Believe it or not, the entire project, including the containers, trucking the containers some 500km, screening in the cargo doors, steel, cement, sand and gravel, nuts, bolts, carports, C-section, screens, timber, decking oil and painting cost only $16,000 AUS.Read More »A Shipping Container Rainforest Research Center in the Tropics

            Platoon Kunsthalle: Seoul’s Modern Shipping Container Art Center

              A striking example of shipping container architecture, Platoon Kunsthalle serves as an exciting and inspiring new exhibit hall and art center in Seoul, Korea. Built from standard shipping containers by Graft Lab Architects, the Kunsthalle, provides a gorgeous modern space where new ideas thrive and creativity is let loose. The building opened last April and houses art studio space, exhibit areas, a restaurant and bar, as well as lots of open space to gather.Read More »Platoon Kunsthalle: Seoul’s Modern Shipping Container Art Center