In 2002, USM Ltd. created three short-term artist accommodation spaces for the Cove Park Artists’ Retreat. Six 8’ x 20’ containers were combined to create three en-suite cube units (two containers per unit). Each unit provides kitchen, sitting, bedroom and bathroom (with shower) spaces. The project is sited at the edge of Loch Long and each unit provides two sets of sliding glass doors that permit views and allow access to a decked balcony overlooking the lake. (more…)
BOXPARK is to be a new “temporary” shipping container mall by Roger Wade, creator of Boxfresh and the fashion brand consultancy Brands Incorporated, in partnership with real estate developers Hammerson and Ballymore. (more…)
Called the View Tube, this stunning cafe is made out of lime green recycled shipping containers. Perched on a hill overlooking the site of the London 2012 Olympics, it is a cafe, a look-out and a gallery space. (more…)
The original Container City I project, is located at Trinity Buoy Wharf, in the heart of London’s Docklands.
Completed in 5 months in 2001, Container City I was originally 3 stories high providing 12 work studios across 4,800 sq ft. After high demand a fourth floor was added providing three additional live / work apartments. (more…)
Travelodge, the budget hotel company, completed their first recycled hotel made out of shipping containers in August 2008. The 86 containers used in the Uxbridge hotel were prepared in China with plasterboard walls, electrics and bathrooms already in place before being shipped to the UK, stacked and assembled like lego pieces. The containers are simply bolted together and once installed at the site, windows are fitted, the modules are decorated and furnished, and then the exterior of the building is cladded. (more…)
Situated on former wasteland, the new marketing suite was designed to fit within a larger community that is being developed along 2 kilometres of Thames waterfront in Barking and Dagenham.Commissioned by Barking Riverside, the project has been designed with the environment in mind. Wind turbines, solar panels, biomass heater and re used structure ensure the projects very low carbon footprint and sustainable high performance during its life cycle. (more…)
