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Melissa Hincha-Ownby

New shipping container office building

Recycling shipping containers into new commercial buildings is an emerging green building trend. Soon Providence, R.I., will join the ranks of cities with recycled buildings.

Thu, May 28 2009 at 3:11 PM EST
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Photo: photohome_uk/Flickr
Shipping container homes have become increasingly popular over the past few years. With a few simple design changes, these homes can transform a shipping container from an ugly metal box to a beautiful example of recycled architecture. The use of shipping containers as the basis for new home construction has become so popular that Bob Vila even has a how-to section on his website dedicated to the topic.
 
Although the use of these old containers in homes has been around for years, the trend towards using them in commercial building products seems to be picking up steam. Earlier this month, an article was published here on MNN describing a new Travelodge that is under construction in the U.K. The building is being constructed, in part, through the use of 86 shipping containers.  
 
The products are also being used to construct office buildings; Providence, R.I., will be home to a 12-unit shipping container office building in the spring of 2010. Although the building is still under construction, and the U.S. economy is on shaky ground, the building has already pre-leased 37 percent of the space.
 
“There are thousands of empty shipping containers piling up in U.S. ports because of our nation's ongoing trade deficit," stated Peter Gill Case, principal, Truth Box Inc. "Containers offer a timely opportunity to promote green building principals and offer high quality design in an economy that demands affordable options.”  Source: PR Newswire
 
If you’ve never seen a building that uses shipping containers, I recommend visiting Zack Smith’s Shipping Container Architecture website. He has gathered images and information about a variety of shipping container projects around the world.
 
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anonymous
Leny 09/14/2011 07:35 AM

Some weeks ago i've seen on of those container buildings.

(This one http://twotimestwentyfeet.com/p/hilfiger_s2011)

really stunning

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mhincha 06/01/2009 17:26 PM

Thanks to both of you for the links!

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Terry 06/01/2009 16:24 PM

The underground community who secretly have been in love with the idea for some time are now emerging and making their presence known. I have a site that gets hits from all over the world from people who are interested in specifically building with shipping containers. The earth could use a break from the clutter along the ports, use the containers and help the environment. More on this topic:

containerist.com

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Dbox 05/28/2009 22:17 PM

www.container-life.com has more shipping container architecture.

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