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Mobile ice rink

On August 1, 2010, in Interesting Buildings, Small Business, by cargo

mobile ice rink: the equipment are in a … shipping container

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Another solution offered by shipping containers: Church in Belfast, UK Continue reading “Temporary church in Belfast , UK” »

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This is a School complex in Wörgl/Tirol Austria made by containex from 333 modules (office and sanitary containers) for the accommodation of more than 2,000 students. Continue reading “This is big: school complex in Wörgl/Tirol Austria” »

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Debbie Glassberg of Kansas City knew that if she could make a home for her family to feel comfortable living in, then she could make homes for others as well.

She made a great house out of 5 steel shipping containers. The house is 2,600 square feet of light and living space incorporating geothermal heating, plant foam insulation and some passive solar.
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Shipping Container Art

On July 21, 2010, in Art, by cargo

Some fine art based on shipping containers.

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The International Container Arts Festival was first held in 2001, and has been held once every two years since that time. The container arts festival has now become a major cultural event in Kaohsiung City. Each work of container bears witness to the role of shipping in the advance of civilization in Kaohsiung over the most recent decade. Thanks to the artists’ versatile talents, each empty container is transformed from nothing to something, and the rust-filled, warped waste containers are neatened up and reused as unimaginably creative art. Continue reading “Kaohsiung International Container Arts Festival” »

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PUMA Container Stores: NY

On July 21, 2010, in Interesting Buildings, by cargo

South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan : on June 10, Puma has installed two new shipping container retail shops designed by NY architects LOT-EK. One contains their soccer clothing collection and the other shoes and boots. Continue reading “PUMA Container Stores: NY” »

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