Yahoo: Shipping Container Architecture: Hot New Trend or Violation of Human Rights?
On the face of it, shipping container-based architecture can seem like a pretty bad idea. The metal boxes are cramped, offer no insulation, and often require heavy modification to be of any use. That ...
There may be no more unfortunate or annoying recent trend in architecture than the appropriation of the shipping container as a kind of "micro" shelter for humans. Annoying because it pretends to a ...
I grew up around shipping containers; my dad made them. I played with them in architecture school, designing a summer camp out of them, fascinated by the handling technology that made them cheap and ...
ArchDaily: LOT-EK: “The Shipping Container Is a Vehicle to Invent New Architecture”
We typically associate MVRDV with high-profile projects like the Valley and Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, but its Klabu sees the firm experimenting with shipping container-based architecture and ...
The fad for shipping container architecture is hard to ignore. There is even a Starbucks store made out of them. (Not to mention several moving pop-up spaces for the likes of Puma). The recycled ...
Shipping containers can be turned into everything from tiny houses to art galleries, but they all share one issue: poor thermal performance. The Petti Restaurant mitigates this by covering the ...
Transforming shipping containers into housing is a trend that doesn’t seem to be slowing down, but are shipping container homes really a good — or even humane — solution? Durable, portable, stackable, ...
After chronicling local efforts of shipping container architects like Peter DeMaria, let's head to West Coast Green, currently being held at the San Jose convention center, because Inhabitat has ...