Ship Me a Building: Used Shipping Containers as Architecture (via Reckless Abandon)
February 13, 2011 by Tom Beidler
Slightly off topic but I love this idea, love the photography of the different container options and would love to build one of these in Finland but I’m afraid it would turn into an icebox. Dwell magazine is one of my favorites because they would always have inexpensive highly creative architectural examples like containers as homes.
I wonder if anyone out there knows of something similar going on in Finland. If so, let me know.
Tough economic times, and a growing desire to be more “green” has led to a renaissance from creative architects looking to find cheaper, more creative ways to design spaces. Ports around the world are overflowing with used, empty shipping containers, but now they are being repurposed to create funky residential and commercial structures. Shi … Read More
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neat idea for a small business, but as the article says, may not be cost effective after insulation, plumbing, etc. sure has a cool look.
I would need one container to store wood for the pot bellied stove!
Very cool idea! I’m very familiar with containers because they come in and out of our warehouse with paper from China. The ones I see are really cruddy looking, but you take a new container for the purpose of living quarters, or a Puma store, which looks awesome, by the way, I would be tempted to see one in person. Neato!!
not sure about this one, tom. i’m all over the idea of not wasting things, but when it comes to a domicile… i just don’t know. it’s not really an original concept. homeless people have been living in used containers for all of history. i guess it’s a design opportunity, and that’s always a good thing.
i’m not sure there is an unlimited inventory available, either. after all, aren’t most of these containers just shipped back to china filled with money?
What a great idea! These containers would make great, easy to assemble homes for all sorts of applications.