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Book Lovers Get High, Colourful in Shipping Container Library 16 Apr 2013 | 04:37 am
Quick. What's the first thought that comes to mind when you think of library buildings? If you're typical, you imagine either a weather-beaten brick-and-mortar building that has suffered greatly from ...
Storage Container Feeds Cities by Growing Plants, Farming Fish 20 Mar 2013 | 08:09 am
We've covered how storage containers can be used for office space, housing, and even decoration. How about using storage containers to grow food in cities? That's the brainchild of Kate Hofman and To...
Castor Portable Shipping Container Sauna Too Costly? 28 Jan 2013 | 10:03 am
At $41,000, you can take home the ultimate stress reliever, a sauna that is constructed out of wood, solar panels, and a shipping container. Castor, a manufacturing company, has created a sauna that l...
The Difference Between a Regular Home and a Shipping Container One (2013) 11 Jan 2013 | 09:50 am
Containers that have been shipped across the ocean and have transported goods are now being repurposed for all sorts of purposes such as bars, restaurants, housing projects, and hotels, but one questi...
Atira Women's Resource Society Builds the First Container Housing Project in Vancouver 18 Dec 2012 | 08:05 am
Twelve shipping containers will be converted into affordable housing projects via the Atira Women's Resource society, in Vancouver’s downtown eastside. Atira CEO Janice Abbott said plans changed the f...
Shipping Container Residences in Midtown 21 Nov 2012 | 12:28 am
In Detroit, Michigan plans to build a 20-unit $3.4 condominium complex are underway. A model unit and sales center will break ground in mid-December on Michigan Avenue west of downtown. Three stories ...
Shipping Container Bed & Breakfast in Majorca, Spain 24 Oct 2012 | 10:49 pm
Looking for an interesting place to stay when visiting Majorca, Spain? There is a Bed & Breakfast apartment that was built directly out of a shipping container. We’ve seen all kinds of crazy architect...
Frogtown Artwalk turns Shipping Containers into PODs for Art 5 Oct 2012 | 03:21 am
Los Angeles, California had its 7th annual art walk recently. Frogtown and the Elysian Valley Arts Collective invited artists, designers, and vendors to recreate 8 storage “PODs” as exhibition spaces....
Re:START Shipping Container Mall Reconstruction - (Christchurch, New Zealand) 22 Sep 2012 | 12:38 am
2 years ago, Christchurch, New Zealand was devastated by a major earthquake. Today, Christchurch has risen from the ashes and become open to the public. What makes the reconstruction of this city inte...
Man Gets Evicted out of his Shipping Container Home (UK) 7 Sep 2012 | 11:06 pm
“A man is possibly getting evicted out of his home.” This is a headline that has been read on the news over and over again, but Craig Farmer, a father of one, is being evicted out of his shipping cont...
