Archive for the 'Containers' Category
Modern Design for Old Lady House by Adam Kalkin
The Old Lady House was modern shipping container which designed by Adam Kalkin. This Old Lady House has modern finishes that are anything but granny like. The main living space of the light flooded home is three shipping containers wide by two shipping containers tall with two sides made almost entirely of glass. All of [...]
Category: Containers,Home,House,Shipping Container, posted at: Jan 31st 2011, Comments: No CommentsTags: Adam Kalkin, House, living space, natural materials, open space
Outrageous Shipping Containers for Voodoo Music Festival
Designed by Stefan Beese of RE:BE, shipping containers for the 2009 Voodoo Music and Art Festival in New Orleans, LA will use to out live performances by KISS, Lenny Kravitz and the Silversum. The containers were stacked to create a grand stand and VIP lounge complete with club-like seating and, of course, two bars. What’s [...]
Category: Containers,Innovation Designer,Shipping Container, posted at: Jan 17th 2011, Comments: No CommentsTags: inhabitat, Innovation Designer, interior, RE, Shipping Containers, storage, storage space, VIP
Attractive Shipping Containers Clinic and Library in Indonesia
Shipping containers are sturdy, versatile structures that have traveled the world over the course of their lifespans. The Contertainer is a polyclinic and public library designed by Indonesian firm, dpavilion architects, that repurposes these adventurous vessels to house books. The name for the health clinic and public library is an amalgam of two words: container [...]
Category: Architects,Containers,Innovation Designer,Landscape,Library, posted at: Jan 11th 2011, Comments: No CommentsTags: East Jawa, Indonesia, Innovation Designer, Landscape, Library, Shipping Containers, structure design
Innovative Smart Green Homes from Shipping Containers
Designed by Anand Bungalows, a design/build firm in Malaysia, this awesome shipping container home includes rainwater harvesting, natural ventilation, plus energy and water efficient design. This recycled container house is located in Bukit Tinggi, Pahang and consists of six, stacked containers, four of which are oriented north and south and two oriented east and west. [...]
Category: Containers,Home,House,Shipping Container, posted at: Jan 6th 2011, Comments: 2 CommentsTags: cross ventilation, efficient design, energy efficient appliances, footprint, heat gain, House, natural ventilation, rainwater harvesting, recycled, shipping container home, Shipping Containers, ventilation
Innovative Platoon Kunsthalle GwangJu Shipping Container in Korea
Called Platoon Kunsthalle Gwangju, the newer building is made up of dark grey and orange cargo containers, and houses emerging art and subculture exhibitions as well as an event hall and bar. This beautiful new shipping container art center opening up in Seoul and it has a sister structure in Gwangju that rivals both its [...]
Category: Containers,House,Innovation Designer,Shipping Container, posted at: Dec 24th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: art center, Berlin, exhibitions, House, Innovation Designer, interior, Korea, Kunsthalle Gwangju, Shipping Containers
Compact Shipping Container for Rainforest Research Center
Made of two conventional shipping containers, this cute and compact shipping container home was built to provide shelter for researchers studying the rainforest in Far North Queensland, Australia. The house has a full 90 square meters of living space and stays dry and free of insects and vermin despite the heavy tropical rain that is [...]
Category: Canopy,Containers,Home,House,Shipping Container, posted at: Nov 23rd 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: AUS, Cyclone Larry, Far North Queensland, House, shipping container home, Shipping Containers
New LA Warehouse Office Made by Shipping Container
Pallotta TeamWorks found a good deal on the warehouse, but after running the numbers realized they wouldn’t be able to afford keeping the entire space air conditioned. Plus they were working on a budget to build out the office. Clive Wilkinson Architects, who had come up with other creative solutions for warehouse spaces, conceived the [...]
Category: Containers,Office,Shipping Container, posted at: Nov 21st 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Atwater Village, Clive Wilkinson Architects, interior, LA, Los Angeles, natural daylight, Shipping Containers, skylights, warehouse
Fascinating Eco Design from Ironbank at Auckland
The Ironbank is located in a unique historic area in between of Auckland’s central business district and a quarter undergoing urban renewal. The project was recently awarded a 5 Star Green Star rating from the New Zealand Green Building Council for its forward thinking green systems, which include rainwater collection, solar hot water heating, natural [...]
Category: Containers,Sustainable Design, posted at: Nov 16th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: construction materials, facade, Green Building, Green Star, New Zealand, office tower, recycling, retail space, RTA, solar hot water, Star Green Star, Sustainable Design, ventilation
Amazing Sustainable design from Port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan
Designed by New York based Sun and Associates for a solar powered green roofed terminal for Taiwan’s burgeoning Kaohsiung port city. The P.O.K. Passenger Transportation District features a gorgeous sweeping design coupled with a large roof integrated solar system, an expansive green roof and urban park, and the reuse of shipping containers. The cruise terminal [...]
Category: Containers,Sustainable Design,Terminal, posted at: Nov 15th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: New York, office spaces, roof, Shipping Containers, solar, Sustainable Design, Taiwan, urban park
Attractive Colorful Shipping Container Dormitories
Located on the Utrecht University campus in Utrecht, Netherlands, the shipping container dormitories were built as a solution to an overwhelming shortage of student housing. Each unit is painted in a brilliant color, making the complex seem more like a work of modern art than a place for college kids to live. While we’ve seen [...]
Category: Campus,Containers,House,Shipping Container, posted at: Nov 10th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: House, inhabitat, Netherlands
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