In 2009, Inhabitat brought exciting news of a beautiful new shipping container art center opening up in Seoul, and we’ve just discovered that it has a sister structure in Gwangju that rivals both its cool factor and creative contribution to
Escape Den Shipping Container Home, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
On the outskirts of Dhaka, architects Kazi Fida Islam, Md. Abdul Awyal, Sumaiya Shameem, Mousumi Kabir, Irtefa Iradat, and Abid Khan orchestrated a sustainable masterpiece – Escape Den Shipping Container Home. Nestled on a spacious 1338 sq m site, this
The R2x20 Container Home Project, Thailand.
A Site-Specific Experiment is run by Chutayaves Sinthuphan out of Bangkok, Thailand are the creators behind the R2x20 Container Home Project. This one-bedroom, one bathroom home was built using two, 20-foot containers with cutouts for windows and doors was built for
The Bayside Marina Hotel by Yasutaka Yoshimura 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.
Recycled Container House in Bukit Tinggi, Malaysia
Designer Ken Kwok leads the firm Anand Bungalows, and has a wealth of experience in residential design having built hundreds of homes in and around Malaysia. This recycled container house is located in Bukit Tinggi, Pahang and consists of six,
A Shipping Container Home in Krabi, Thailand
Here is another great example of a resourceful builder using shipping containers as building blocks. The following is the story behind A Shipping Container Home in Krabi. Here’s the transcript: What made you decide to build a container home? We (my wife
Contertainer : Designed by DPavilion Architects
Contertainer, designed by dpavilion architects of Surabaya – Indonesia, is an amalgam of two words: container and entertainer. From its outer look, at a glance one can see an architectural form made of several brightly painted containers—red, yellow, blue and
OceanScope Observatory by AnL Studio
Korean designers Keehyun Ahn & Minsoo Lee have designed a public observatory called OceanScope in In-cheon made of recycled materials, including old shipping containers.