If you are having a party you might want to check out Boxman Studio’s solar-powered party venue, which comes conveniently packed into a pop-up shipping container. This innovative system that takes just 20 minutes to set up but creates a classy place to enjoy a party. Read More »Boxman Studio’s Solar Powered Shipping Container Pop-Up Prefab Party Venue
Keetwonen (Amsterdam Student Shipping Container Housing) is the name of one of the biggest container citys in the world. Living in a converted shipping container was a new concept in the Netherlands when launched by Tempohousing, but the city of Amsterdam took the courageous step to contract Tempohousing to go and realize it.Read More »Keetwonen (Amsterdam Student Shipping Container Housing)
Peter DeMaria, AIA, of DeMaria Design, has recieved an award from the South Bay/Long Beach Chapter of the AIA for his design of the East LA Four Square Church Parsonage. This project was built using a hybrid form of traditional stick frame construction and seven recycled cargo containers.Read More »The East LA Four Square Church Parsonage – Shipping Container Structure by Demaria Design
Cattani Architects have designed the recently completed Cité A Docks student housing project, located in Le Havre, France. The housing consists of 100 apartments made out of old shipping containers.Read More »Cité A Docks Student Container Housing by Cattani Architects
The Bayside Marina Hotel by Japanese firm Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects is based on the form of the shipping container, and is located on the seaside of Yokohama.Read More »The Bayside Marina Hotel by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects
In 2005 the shipping container restaurant Wijn of Water (Wine or Water) in the Lloyd-quarter in Rotterdam opened its doors. The restaurant was constructed from recycled shipping containers. The building was always going to be a temporary structure, as the restaurant is now housed in the Sint Jobsveem warehouse, about 250 meters away. As a temporary structure, there was of course a limited budget. Read More »Wijn of Water – Shipping Container Restaurant Rotterdam
The BadGast Shipping Container artist-in-residence studio is an amazing architectural gem located on the coast of the Netherlands. Made from shipping containers, not only does it provide an eco-friendly, practical and cozy place to stay, but it also offers up more than enough room for any artist to get down to work! Read More »The BadGast Shipping Container Artist-in-Residence Studio
Phoenix-based Upcycle Living is aiming to bring affordable shipping container housing to the masses with its modern cost-effective designs. Just last fall they installed a 2-bedroom house at a green street fair in Phoenix, and orders started rolling in. The designers and builders now expect that they can produce a similar modular model for less than $100,000.Read More »Upcycle Living’s Affordable Container Homes – Phoenix Arizona