Since the last decade, there has been a surge in demand for shipping container homes, owing to its low cost of construction and portability. That’s why repurposing shipping containers has become an eco-friendly trend in building space-saving homes across the ...
Rather than spending money on a rented office, the Canadian architect Randy Bens has turned a shipping container into his backyard office. Since 2015 he works from home, but later in 2016, he opted for shipping container conversion in order ...
Located in Noosa Hinterlands in Australia, this split-level modern home is contrived by Gibson Building. The highlight of his minimalist yet modern abode is its cantilevered swimming pool, which is made from a recycled shipping container. It shows the scope ...
Companies and architects around the world have realized that shipping container architecture is not only popular among people for minimal aesthetics, but they can also help save money. The Greece-based startup Cocoon Modules is also trying to bank in on ...
With house prices continued on an upward trend, shipping container homes have emerged out as an affordable and eco-friendly housing solution. More and more countries of the world are accepting the green building culture, and the result is that so ...
Australian firm Contained specializes in transforming shipping containers into beautiful hotel rooms. These portable structures are easy to move and transport around. Each 20-foot container can be easily flipped, opened and assembled into an individual hotel room. Anatoly Mezhov and Irene ...
Alchemy Architects, a modern architectural firm famed for creating the Sonoma Weehouse, is now gaining attention for its one-room LightHotel on wheels. Currently, the LightHotel is located within the Creative Enterprise Zone in Saint Paul, MN, just a few blocks ...
As rent and housing costs are escalating, a large number of people in major cities are experiencing a housing crisis. This is the time when shipping container homes come into play; as they are a low-cost, efficient and flexible alternative ...
ContainHotel in Třeboutice, Czech Republic is a mobile hotel built by architects of Prague and Vienna-based Artikul studio, made using three repurposed shipping containers and modern construction materials. It is an eco-friendly pop-up hotel that can be transported to different ...
Despite vivid pros and cons of shipping container architecture, it has originated as a choice green building material among various designers. Once a shipping container is delivered to the port, it becomes very expensive to send it back, so reusing ...
