In 2002, USM Ltd. created three short-term artist accommodation spaces for the Cove Park Artists’ Retreat. Six 8’ x 20’ containers were combined to create three en-suite cube units (two containers per unit). Each unit provides kitchen, sitting, bedroom and
Boxpark A Pop Up Shipping Container Mall Planned For Shoreditch London
BOXPARK is to be a new “temporary” shipping container mall by Roger Wade, creator of Boxfresh and the fashion brand consultancy Brands Incorporated, in partnership with real estate developers Hammerson and Ballymore.
The Container City Project at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London’s Docklands
The original Container City I project, is located at Trinity Buoy Wharf, in the heart of London’s Docklands. Completed in 5 months in 2001, Container City I was originally 3 stories high providing 12 work studios across 4,800 sq ft.
A Shipping Container Cafe “View Tube” on the London Olympic Site
Called the View Tube, this stunning cafe is made out of lime green recycled shipping containers. Perched on a hill overlooking the site of the London 2012 Olympics, it is a cafe, a look-out and a gallery space.
The Travelodge Shipping Container Hotel – Uxbridge, UK
Travelodge, the budget hotel company, completed their first recycled hotel made out of shipping containers in August 2008. The 86 containers used in the Uxbridge hotel were prepared in China with plasterboard walls, electrics and bathrooms already in place before being shipped
The Barking Riverside Marketing Suite Made From Shipping Containers
Situated on former wasteland, the new marketing suite was designed to fit within a larger community that is being developed along 2 kilometres of Thames waterfront in Barking and Dagenham. Commissioned by Barking Riverside, the project has been designed with
Grillagh Water Container House, Northern Ireland
Patrick Bradley – Architect and Farmer – has constructed this striking home known as “The Grillagh Water Container House” on his farm in Woodland, Co Cavan, Northern Ireland. Bradley’s design is based upon four 45ft shipping containers, merged together to