At a mere 270 square feet, this awesome shipping container design for a studio office is nothing to scoff at. For just three partners in architecture, the space is small but placed in an unparalleled setting. Victoria, Australia is home to this tight knit and close working landscape and architect team. The interior isn’t completely squished–…
Shipping container design is getting to be more and more of an interesting and eye-catching feature when you’ve got a business that’s based on consumers. Aether Apparel in San Francisco has taken their shop to all new heights (literally) with their three stacked shipping container design by Envelope A+D in collaboration with Chris French Metal. By…
David Fenster of Modulus in California was commissioned by a local family to create a dreamy getaway home in the woodsy area of the Santa Cruz Mountains. With the area lending itself to a more rustic and natural feeling retreat, the homeowners decided to juxtapose the green elements with some metal shipping containers as the foundation…
Twenty foot shipping containers have been the latest and greatest in sustainable design practices. With much of the world relying on importing and exporting goods, it’s safe to say that there are enough of these containers to go around a few times over. China has found another great use for these containers, with their Xiang Xiang…
Shipping containers continue to be an integral part of the design and architecture world as we encounter yet another building constructed from an old shipping container. Bay area based designer and build Stephen Schoup’s design firm building Lab Inc. have just finished creating their new backyard headquarters. This L-shaped building was of coursed constructed from an…
If there’s one thing we can’t get enough of in the world of design and architecture, it’s the implementation of shipping containers in building construction. It seems with each one we encounter the designers take things a step further, and the beautiful Box Office is no exception. The original concept for the Box Office was introduced…
Shipping containers continue to be a popular choice within the design world. Over the last few weeks we have encountered several implementations including the Shipping Container Guest House and of course the beautifully constructed Shipping Container Starbucks location. Both of these have been awesome ways of incorporating containers on the exterior area of a residence, but…
It’s incredible to see just how popular shipping containers have become as a source for housing over the past few years. We have event seen the trend extend into the realm of commercial properties with the Washington based Starbucks location constructed from shipping containers. Featured here is a single shipping container used to create an awesome…
Recycled shipping containers have become a popular choice for construction over the past few years, and it looks like the trend is continuing to grow in popularity. This form of architecture has in fact grown so much that global giant Starbucks brand has adopted the trend for one of their many locations. Seeing that Starbucks Coffee…